In recent years there has been considerable growth in the use of credit derivatives‚ which protect lenders against the risk that a borrower will default. For example‚ bank A may be reluctant to refuse a loan to a major customer (customer X) but may be concerned about the total size of its exposure to that customer. Speculators in search of large profits (and prepared to tolerate large losses) are attracted by the leverage that derivatives provide. By this we mean that it is not necessary to lay out
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CORPORATE FINANCE – CONCEPT QUESTIONS Class Notes - Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Finance point of view: Corporation: a money processing machine? * Product markets: everything what corporates make (lead with customers‚ suppliers‚ labor) * Capital markets: generic term for the entities which supply cash to this money processing machine‚ and the processing machine uses the money to do things and then periodic sends money back to the capital market there are inflows from the
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MenuItem 10: (Topic 10) Medium- to long-term debt Question 1: Manufacturer Limited is seeking a five-year term loan from its bank. The bank manager has indicated that a loan can be provided and will be priced at the bank’s base rate‚ plus a margin. Which of the following is not a determinant of the margin to be paid by the company? A: the debt to equity ratio of the borrower B: the borrower’s past loan-repayment performance C*: the term structure of interest rates D: the assets available to
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CHAPTER 8 MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS Answers to Concept Questions 1. In this context‚ an opportunity cost refers to the value of an asset or other input that will be used in a project. The relevant cost is what the asset or input is actually worth today‚ not‚ for example‚ what it cost to acquire. 2. a. Yes‚ the reduction in the sales of the company’s other products‚ referred to as erosion‚ should be treated as an incremental cash flow. These lost sales are included because
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Chapter 11 Case : Evaluating McGraw Industries’ Capital Structure McGraw Industries‚ an established producer of printing equipment‚ expects its sales to remain flat for the next 3 to 5 years because of both a weak economic outlook and an expectation of little new printing technology development over that period. On the basis of this scenario‚ the firm’s management has been instructed by its board to institute programs that will allow it to operate more efficiently‚ earn higher profits‚ and‚ most
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The Handbook of News Analytics \ in Finance Edited by Gautam Mitra and Leela Mitra WILEY A John Wiley and Sons‚ Ltd‚ Publication Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvii About the editors xix About the contributors xxi Abbreviations and acronyms xxv 1 Applications of news analytics in finance: A review Leela Mitra and Gautam Mitra 1.1 Introduction 1.2 News data ’ 1.2.1 Data sources 1.2.2 Pre-analysis’of news data 1.3 Turning qualitative text into quantified metrics and time-series
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Corporate Finance Case Study: Volkswagen Volkswagen (VW) Volkswagen (VW) is a German automobile manufacturer which was originally founded in 1937. Now VW Group is one of world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe‚ with its recent headquarter in Wolfsburg. VW is one of the ten brands under VW Group. (Volkswagen Homepage‚ 2011) 2011 VW’s revenue is 159‚337 million EUR; net income is 15‚409 million EUR‚ with a profit margin of 9.6707%. (Bloomberg
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Chapter 2 Auditing IT Governance Controls Review Questions 1. What is IT governance? Response: IT governance is a relatively new subset of corporate governance that focuses on the management and assessment of strategic IT resources. 2. What are the objectives of IT governance? Response: The key objectives of IT governance are to reduce risk and ensure that investments in IT resources add value to the corporation. 3. What is distributed data processing? Response: Distributed
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Valuation- “projected financial performance into values.” Involves projecting/ making budgets. Value of an Asset = Value of Cash Flow (CF) it Will Generate (not profits) CF=1/(1+r)^1 value is based on three things- Current Cash Flow‚ Expected growth (used with to estimate future cash flow)‚ Riskiness of expected future cash flow (discount rate).Net Present Value- Value CFs using project discount rate based on risk Investment Decision-which real assets the firm should acquire.Choose positive and
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Final Exam Corporate Finance FINC 650 1. Which of the following is not considered a capital component for the purpose of calculating the weighted average cost of capital as it applies to capital budgeting? a. b. c. d. e. Long-term debt. Common stock. Short-term debt used to finance seasonal current assets. Preferred stock. All of the above are considered capital components for WACC and capital budgeting purposes. 2. A company has a capital structure which consists of 50 percent debt and 50 percent
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