What are Capital Markets? Capital markets are markets where people‚ companies‚ and governments with more funds than they need (because they save some of their income) transfer those funds to people‚ companies‚ or governments who have a shortage of funds (because they spend more than their income). Stock and bond markets are two major capital markets. Capital markets promote economic efficiency by channeling money from those who do not have an immediate productive use for it to those who do. 1.
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CHAPTER 6: MASTER BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING TRUE/FALSE 1. Few businesses plan to fail‚ but many of those that flop have failed to plan. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 2. The master budget reflects the impact of operating decisions‚ but not financing decisions. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 The master budget reflects the impact of operating decisions and financing decisions. 3. Budgeted financial statements are also referred to as pro
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The Net Present Value‚ Mergers and Acquisitions Michael D. Black Trident University Module 5 CASE Finance 501: Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: Walter Witham June 15‚ 2012 Net Present Value‚ Mergers and Acquisitions Abstract Financial managers must understand the value of dollars invested today in order to make decisions as to what capital ventures are worth pursuing for business growth. The money a business is willing to invest in new equipment or expansion
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acquisition. 2. What was the role of the leveraged finance group at JPMorgan and why was its involvement important to the acquisition? The leveraged finance group was responsible for the analysis behind making the bridge financing commitment to FCX. This was important to the acquisition because the bridge loan enabled FCX to show Phelps Dodge that they were committed to financing them. 3. Describe the forms of risk that an investment bank must consider in relation to acquisition and underwriting
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The Capital Structure of Chinese Companies 1. Introduction Capital structure is considered as a way to determine how a corporation financing its assets by issuing debt or equity. If the firm is entirely financed by the common equity‚ then it is so called an unlevered firmed‚ and its whole cash flow belong to its stockholders. If the firm financed both debt and equity‚ then it is so called a levered firm‚ and its cash flow will first goes to debt holders and then to stockholders. According to Brealey
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share (P0)? b. What is Gentry’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? c. Gentry can increase its debt by $8 million‚ to a total of $10 million‚ using the new debt to buy back and retire some of its shares at the current price. Its interest rate on debt will be 12 percent (it will have to call and refund the old debt)‚ and its cost of equity will rise from 15 percent to 17 percent. EBIT will remain constant. Should Gentry change its capital structure? d. If Gentry did not have to refund the
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Start-up capital is the finance needed by a new business to pay for essential fixed and current assets before it and begin trading Revenue- money coming into the business. Selling products Revenue= number of products sold x price Costs- money going out of the business. E.g. salaries‚ rent‚ electricity/water Profit- Money which is left over after all costs have been paid P= R-C A car manufacture - Machinery - Labour - Land - Utilities - Raw materials A school - Labour
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Is Globalization A Good Thing? With globalization rapidly expanding it is on the mind of people around the world more than ever. Some of the main topics of globalization include topics such as‚ its effect on the social value system‚ the positive and negative effects on the concept of globalization and what it can contribute to the world. Also‚ what happens when a non-indigenous value structure is introduced‚ and how it can affect one’s identity? The effects of a globalized social value system
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ACC201-Introduction to Applied Finance Assignment 1 Case Study I will be analysing your three investment choices using three criteria‚ the net present value and internal rate of return and payback period. In analysing the following investments I have not taken into account the effects of taxation Ranking of investments Investment 3 has the best rating using the three analysis tools‚ the initial investment is paid back after 5.05 years‚ followed by investment 2 Limitations of analysis
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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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