Week One: Introduction to Finance and Analysis Objective: Define basic financial terminology. 1. Which of the following reasons is most responsible for corporations being the most important form of business organization in the United States? 1. Corporations have limited life. 2. Stockholders have unlimited liability. 3. Corporations are subject to less government regulation than the other forms of business organization. 4. Corporations have the ability to raise larger sums of
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FUNDAMENTALS OF Corporate Finance Jonathan Berk Stanford University Peter DeMarzo Stanford University Jarrad Harford University of Washington ISBN 0-558-65200-X Fundamentals of Corporate Finance‚ by Jonathan Berk‚ Peter DeMarzo‚ and Jarrad Harford. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2009 by Pearson Education‚ Inc. Editor in Chief: Donna Battista Sr. Development Editor: Rebecca Ferris Market Development Manager: Dona Kenly Assistant Editors: Sara Holliday‚ Kerri McQueen Managing
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did it take Bayside to sell its inventory? A. 126.1 days B. 127.9 days C. 153.8 days D. 176.5 days E. 178.9 days Inventory turnover for 2008 = $4‚060 $1‚990 = 2.04; Days’ sales in inventory = 365 2.04 = 178.9 days TEST MODEL : CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE FINANCE Page 1 2. What is the debt-equity ratio for 2008? A. 22.5% B. 26.2% C. 35.5% D. 45.1% E. 47.7% Debt-equity ratio for 2008 = ($1‚170 + $500) ($3‚500 + $1‚200) = .355 = 35.5% 3. What is the times interest earned ratio for 2008? A. 30 B. 36
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answer to explain the U.S. financial system to DellaTorre. a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate Finance is important to all managers because they are the ones who have to determine‚ assess‚ and mitigate/prevent risks that are financial in nature to the business. Every decision they make is affected by their ability to translate financial calculations into risks for the company. Without corporate finance‚ those managers will not be able to assist the company in garnering
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Corporate finance P. Frantz‚ R. Payne‚ J. Favilukis FN3092‚ 2790092 2011 Undergraduate study in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences This subject guide is for a Level 3 course (also known as a ‘300 course’) offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences. This is equivalent to Level 6 within the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England‚ Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ). For more
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/MiddSuppose that in the coming year‚ you expect Exxon-Mobil stick to have a volatility of 42% and a beta of 0.9‚ and Merck ’s stock to have a volatility of 24% and a beta of 1.1. The risk free interest rate is 4% and the markets expected return is 12%. The cost of capital for a project with the same beta as Merck ’s stock is closest to: . | d. 12.8% | E[R] = Rf + Beta × Risk Premium = .04 + 1.1 × (.12 - .04) = .128 | Which stock has the highest total risk? | c. Exxon-Mobil since it has
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Commerce 370 – Midterm Exam – Sep-Dec-2011 – Solutions Name: ______________________________________________________ Student ID: __________________________________________________ Section (circle one): M-W 2:30pm ; Tu-Th 11:00am ; Tu-Th 2:00pm Write your name and student ID at the top of this front page‚ and circle your section. Check the number of pages in the exam. You should have X pages. This is a 100-point exam with 7 questions. You have 2 hours to complete the exam. Carefully administer
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Corporate finance: Corporate finance is an area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximize corporate value while managing the firm’s financial risks. Although it is in principle different from managerial finance which studies the financial decisions of all firms‚ rather than corporations alone‚ the main concepts in the study of corporate finance
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Corporate Finance Efficient Market Hypothesis Report Table of Content I. Introduction Page 3 II. Weak efficiency form Page 3-4 III. Semi-strong efficiency form Page 4-5 IV. Strong efficiency form Page 5-6 V. Implications of the efficient market hypothesis for investors Page 6 VI. Conclusion Page 6 VII. Bibliography Page7 I. Introduction In the book Corporate finance by Denzil Watson and Antony Head (2001)‚ Watson et al refers to a work by Dixon and Holmes (1992) which
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MGMT640 – Textbook Notes PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE Chapter 1 – The Financial Manager and The Firm 1.1 The Role of the Financial Manager * financial manager should make decisions that maximize value of owners stock/wealth – wealth is the economic value of the assets someone possesses * stakeholders – anyone other than an owner (stockholder) with a claim on the cash flows of a firm‚ including employees‚ suppliers‚ creditors‚ and the government * productive
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