Assessed Discussion Question 1. Define what we mean by the firm’s financing decision and the firm’s investment decision. What entities are on the “other side” of these decisions? Financing decision refers to those decisions related to the liabilities and the stockholders equality sides of the firm’s position statement especially concerning decision on to issue bond. Firms’ investment decision refers to those decisions concerned with the asset side of the firm’s balance sheet dealing with
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A Mini Case of Little Stone Comapny Question-1 Big Rock Corporation (BRC) announces a tender offer for all the shares of Little Stone Company (LSC) for $16 per share. The pre-announcement (one month before) price of LSC was $12. LSC stock quickly rose to $15.50. Previous similar acquisitions by peers paid an average premium of 20%. Financial information on Little Stone Company: Beta 1.5 Stock market risk premium 11% Risk free rate 3% Current interest rate on debt 15%
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The pros and cons of having a credit card.aaaa • How to deal with high oil prices • How will the introduction of hedge funds and the lberalization of foreign exchange controls impact our market? • What do you think of this firm’s (one that is in the news) decision to go public? • Foreign exchange rates‚ convertibility‚ currencies and per capita incomes Is the growth in India confined to the growth in Sensex ? Role and future of banking and insurance sector in India. Reliability of mutual
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1. Why are the Merseyside and Rotterdam projects mutually exclusive? They are mutually exclusive because it would not make sense to invest in both projects. It has to be one or the other project‚ because an increase in out of 14% it not necessary in current market conditions. They are facing intense competition and in a recession. If the increase output to 14% they will not be able to sell it all without dropping prices and hurting already bad margins. Another reason is that an investment into
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Behavioral Finance Behavioral finance attempts to explain what‚ why‚ and how of finance and investing from a human perspective. More specifically‚ behavioral finance integrates psychology and economics into the study of human judgment and biases in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. (David‚ 2004) In order to clearly define and explain the origin of behavioral finance‚ it is important to first define finance‚ which is the foundation of behavioral finance. Finance is a field
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MM Propositions:In a world with no taxes‚ no transaction costs‚ and no costs of financial distress‚ is the following statement true‚ false‚ or uncertain? Moderate borrowing will not increase the required return on a firm’s equity. Explain. MM Proposition II states that higher debt does not affect cost of capital of a firm. The reason is that the lower cost of debt is offset by a greater cost of equity‚ which means investors demand a higher return on equity as a result of the higher risk coming
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Task: How would you describe the roles of accountants and finance managers in your own country? You should give a preference and justification for the role you would prefer to have. You should also consider the ethical foundations for the accountant’s role. Your response to the task Accountants and finance managers both playing vital roles in any corporation. Accountants are practitioners of accounting which is a system that does the research of financial activities and collects‚ analyzes and
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Internal and External sources of finance Internal sources of finance for Tesco http://www.mspy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Businessman.jpgTesco’s main internal source of income will be their retained earnings. Retained earnings are the amount of net income that Tesco have retained and not paid out. Retained earnings are what are paid to the business owners. Fixed assets are another form of an internal source of finance; this form of finance is a lot harder to convert into cash as fixed
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She is considering whether she should further her education and would use her inheritance to pay for it. The objective of this case is to show the options for Natasha‚ so she can make intelligent decisions whether she will remain in her current job‚ take certifications or MBA degree. This paper should be able to answer the following questions: 1. Determine the interest rate she is currently earning on her inheritance by going to Yahoo Finance; 2. Create a timeline in Excel for her current situation
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Financial education should be mandatory component of the school program. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Outline. In many countries the discussion about the rising financial problems of young people has been getting more emphasis. Tough some people are voting to integrate financial education as a schooling subject. It is an obvious fact that financial aspects are a major part of daily life‚ as an adult and even as a young individual. Each and every one of us has to make
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