Problem Assignment 4 1. You’ve observed the following returns on INTC Corporation’s stock over the past five years: -25%‚ -36%‚ 9%‚ 11%‚ and 17%. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? b. What was the variance of returns over this period? c. What was the standard deviation of returns over this period? d. Suppose the current T-bill rate is 0.15%. What is the risk premium of owing INTC Corporation’s stock? e. What range of returns would you expect
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Wal-Mart stores INC. WACC analysis Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is one of the biggest American multinational retail companies that operate chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest company by revenue‚ the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees and the largest retailer in the world and also one of the world’s most valuable companies in terms of market value and is also the largest grocery retailer in the US. Wal-Mart
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Finance 486 Final Exam 1. Income Statement Preparation - 25 points a. Prepare an income statement for Cathy Chen‚ CPA‚ for the year ended December 31‚ 2009 Cathy Chen‚ CPA Income Statement for the Year Ended December 31‚ 2009 | Sales revenue | | $360‚000 | Less: Operating expenses | | | Salaries | 180‚000 | | Employment taxes and benefits | 34‚600 | | Supplies | 10‚400 | | Travel & entertainment | 17‚000 | | Lease payment | 32‚400 | | Depreciation
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Question 1 Which of the following statements is correct? Answer One advantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they enable investors to avoid paying taxes on the dividends they receive. If a company has an established clientele of investors who prefer a high dividend payout‚ and if management wants to keep stockholders happy‚ it should not follow the strict residual dividend policy. If a firm follows a strict residual dividend policy‚ then‚ holding all else constant‚ its dividend payout ratio
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This pack of FIN 415 Week 5 Presentation contains: Risk Administration Plan: A Suggestion Business - Finance Learning Team Assignment: Risk Management Plan Proposal and Presentation Resource: Corporate Risk Management Obtain facilitator approval for your organization before beginning this assignment. Make reference to the risk management plan in Section 3.6 of Corporate Risk Management . Prepare a 1‚750- to 2‚100–word risk management plan for your organization
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FIN 515 Final Exam 1 Page 1: 1. (TCO A) Which of the following does NOT always increase a company ’s market value? (Points : 5) 2. (TCO F) Which of the following statements is correct? (Points : 5) 3. (TCO D) Church Inc. is presently enjoying relatively high growth because of a surge in the demand for its new product. Management expects earnings and dividends to grow at a rate of 25% for the next 4 years‚ after which competition will probably reduce the growth rate in
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Organizational Change – Operational and Strategic Change Hetal Patel Organizational Development - BUS 370 David Amisano 09/29/2014 When an organization decides make changes to business model‚ it looks at process‚ people‚ places‚ and the product. “In today’s business environment‚ with business models in a state of flux just as products and services are‚ it is virtually impossible for organizations to implement their chosen strategies without undertaking the kinds of strategic
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Porcupine Puffer Fish Scientific name: Diodon hystrix “Biologists believe that puffer fish‚ also known as blowfish‚ developed their characteristic “inflatability†due to their slow‚ somewhat clumsy swimming style which makes them vulnerable to predators.†(National Geographic 1996-2011) Porcupine puffer fish have a shape much like that of a baseball bat‚ with large eyes to see their surroundings‚ a hard beak-like jaw to crush crunchy crustaceans and scales which are modified into long
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There are many ways how the men died. But there are even more reasons why they died. Knowing how the men died is not the same as knowing why they died. First knowing how they died is easy to see.Like how if the ship had better ventilation‚ it wouldn’t have sunk so fast. It would have given them a little more time to see what they needed to do to get help. When the ship went under they were in shark infested water and some men died from getting eaten by the sharks. Most of the men got thirsty after
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Chapter 17 Question B1 Bixton Company’s new chief financial officer is evaluating Biston’s capital structure. She is concerned that the firm might be underleveraged‚ even though the firm has larger-than-average research and development and foreign tax credits when compared to other firms in its industry. Her staff prepared the industry comparison shown here. Rating Category Fixed Charge Coverage Funds From Operations/Total Debt Long-Term Debt/Capitalization Aa 4.00-5.25x 60-80% 17-23% A 3.00-4
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