INTRODUCTION Dividend policy is the decision for the firm to pay out earnings verses retaining and reinvesting them. Dividend decision has remained one of the tough challenges for financial economists. We are yet to understand completely the factors that influence dividend decision and the manner in which these factors interact. From the practitioner’s viewpoint dividend policy of a firm has an implication for investors‚ managers‚ lenders and other stakeholders. For investors‚ dividends whether
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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
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FINA 6201 - Financial Theory and Policy Note: This is the text-only version of this week’s lecture. All media (i.e. videos‚ flash presentations‚ and PowerPoints) and learning activities (i.e. assigned readings‚ assignments‚ and discussions) are accessible only through the online course. Syllabus FINA 6201 - Financial Theory and Policy Course Description Log in to the course to view introduction video Course Overview—Course Description The primary objective of this course is to build
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Solutions Manual to accompany Accounting Theory 7e BY Allan Hodgson‚ Victoria Wise John Wiley & Sons Australia‚ Ltd 2010 Chapter 11: A positive theory of accounting policy and disclosure THEORY IN ACTION Theory in Action 11.1 Objections to crackdown 1. What are the likely components of a chief executive officer’s (CEO) management compensation package that might be affected by the proposed changes? It is most likely that the cash component of CEO compensation packages would
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we know how to value options on a stock paying a dividend yield‚ we know how to value options on stock indices and currencies." Explain this statement. A stock index is similar to a stock paying a dividend yield‚ only if the dividend yield is the dividend yield of the index. Currencies are similar to a stock paying a dividend yield‚ the dividend yield being the foreign risk-free interest rate. 15.3) A stock index is currently 300‚ the dividend yield on the index is 3% per annum‚ and the risk-free
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Evaluation Calculation Discursive 20% 80% Question 2 Dividend Valuation Model 45% 55% Question 3 Option strategies Straddles 80% 20% Question 4 Duration and convexity –Price – yield relationship 30% 70% Question 5 Option and Futures -mixed N/A 100% Question 6 CAPM 40% 60% Dividend Discount Models 1. The intrinsic value‚ denoted V0‚ of a share of stock is defined as the present value of all cash payments to the investor in the stock‚ including dividends as well as the proceeds from the ultimate sale
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Lower investment rate due to the fact that FPL probably does not raise dividends as discussed - Suggestion of dividend cuts by FPL’s managers - FPL’s stock price has fallen by 19.6% while the S&P index has decreased by 22.1% - Rising interest rate and increasing competition in electric industry From investors’ perspective‚ the current payout ratio is appropriate to some extent: - FPL’s current payout ration = cash dividend/net income = 461693/248749 = 107.7%. According to the exhibit 9‚ FPL has
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Calculate Preferred Dividends Preferred stock (or preference shares) is a special class of stock that pays a fixed dividend set at the time of issuance. Also‚ preferred dividends must be paid before common stock dividends. To calculate the dividends for preferred stocks‚ you need to multiply the par value of the shares by the dividend percentage. Example 1: If the dividend percentage is 8 percent and the preferred stock was issued at $20 per share‚ then the annual dividend is: 8% * $20 = $1.60
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NIGERIA’S ’DEMOCRACY DIVIDENDS’ The nation’s literary clan went agog recently when it generously expended kilometers of expensive newsprint and megawatts of electronic media energy on what looked like a stock-taking ritual in commemoration of the second year of the Obasanjo regime. One by one‚ all the learned commentators who mounted the podium had something to say about the status of the regime’s half time scorecard. And depending on the analyst’s loyalty‚ it was possible to make a general classification
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there since the much criticized theory of Malthus in 18th century. Economist focused on the size of population and the growth of nation‚ but the composition of population age structure was not considered until the study of Coale and Hoover (1958)‚ but in recent years‚ demographers Bloom et al have studied the type of composition of age structure of population and its effect on economic growth and the concept of “demographic dividend” emerged. Demographic dividend is defined as a rise in the rate
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