Executive Summary As a Deep-Discount Brokerage firm‚ Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AHC) plans to invest in advertising and technology in order to increase their consumer base and thus revenues. The purpose of this report is to assess the riskiness of the proposed investments by considering the project’s cost of capital calculated via the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A range of factors will be considered in order to assess each possible variable that may influence the result. Areas of focus
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Cash Discount on Sales Cash discount is the discount offered by seller for paying cash early. Cash discount is only offered on credit sales where the customers do not pay at the time of sale but promise to pay latter. There are two methods of accounting for sales that offer cash discounts; the gross method and the net method. These two methods are explained with the help of the following example: Example Suppose Company A sells certain goods at a price of $4‚400 with terms of payment
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They might have a certain debt to equity ratio they wish to maintain‚ or perhaps there would be covenants put on their contracts requiring them to maintain a certain debt to equity ratio while their loan was outstanding. Ameritrade should use a 6.10% risk free rate when calculating its cost of capital. This is the average of the 20 year bond annualized yield to maturity (on August 31‚ 1997) and the long term historical average annual return (from 1929 1996). The long term bond return was
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Discount and Hawkins Case Case Synopsis The subject matter of the case is presented as a negotiation between a real estate developer‚ Hawkins‚ and a possible anchor tenant‚ Discount Marketplace. Both parties are represented by professional negotiators: Myra Hart is representing the Hawkins Company and Genia is representing the Discount Marketplace. The Hawkins Company is a real estate developer‚ who is operating across UK‚ offering different types of services‚ such as: Mortgages‚
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1. Briefly describe the project that Ameritrade is considering. Ameritrage wants to be the largest brokerage firm worldwide based on the number of trades. In order to grow the customer base the company would require substantial investment in technology and advertising. These investments are made to improve service‚ capacity and customer awareness of Ameritrade. 2. The title suggests that the cost of capital is important here. Concisely describe what cost of capital means. It is the cost of what
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Deriving the Dividend Discount Model in the Intermediate Microeconomics Class Stephen Norman Jonathan Schlaudraff Karianne White Douglas Wills* May 2012 Abstract This paper shows that the dividend discount model can be derived using the basic intertemporal consumption model that is introduced in a typical intermediate microeconomic course. This result will be of use to instructors who teach microeconomics to finance students in that it demonstrates the value of utility maximization in obtaining
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Dividend discount model Dividend discount model (DDM) is a way of valuing a share based on the net present value of the dividends that you expect to receive in the future. According to the DDM‚ dividends are the cash flows that are returned to the shareholder. FY 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007F 2008F 2009F Share price 0.155 0.150 0.230 0.370 0.450 0.450 Dividends per share 0.005 0.012 0.014 0.012 0.013 0.019 0.0178 0.020 Dividend Growth 0.0833 0.258 0.014 0.014 Dividend rates are expected
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Notes: IP Address Classes Class A 1 – 127 (Network 127 is reserved for loopback and internal testing) Leading bit pattern 0 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000 Class B 128 – 191 Leading bit pattern 10 10000000.00000000.00000000.00000000 Class C 192 – 223 Leading bit pattern 110 11000000.00000000.00000000.00000000 Class D 224 – 239 (Reserved for multicast) Class E 240 – 255 (Reserved for experimental‚ used for research) Private Address Class A 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 Class B 172.16
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The Importance of The Discount Rate during Financial Crises and its Effectiveness in Targeting a Given Interbank Lending Rate In this essay I will briefly describe supply and demand for reserves in the economy to provide some context to the discount window before discussing the implementation of the discount window during the financial crisis of 2007-8 and its overall importance making specific reference to the Federal Reserve and its effect on the interbank lending rate. Firstly‚ I will outline
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LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC ALAGBADO ANNEX OTITOR SUNDAY .N. ND/BFN/ALG/010/750 LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC ALAGBADO ANNEX OGUNBONA EMMANUEL .G ND/BFN/ALG/010/690 PUBLIC FINANCE THE DEREGULATION OF THE DOWNSTREAM SECTOR OF THE NIGERIA OIL INDUSTRY IS MORE OF A CURSE THAN BLESSING. DISCUSS LECTURER IN CHARGE BAARISTER OGUNSEYE THE DEREGULATION OF THE NIGERIA DOWN STREAM SECTOR OF THE NIGERIA OIL INDUSTRY
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