FI 512 Week 3 Answer Key Chapter 6 4. Why is it usually easier to forecast sales from seasoned firms in contrast with early-stage ventures? It is usually easier to forecast a seasoned firm’s sales compared to early-stage ventures because a seasoned firm generally has an operating history. The forecast of the firm’s financials therefore could begin with the firm’s historical sales and the past relationships between sales and the other asset and liability accounts. Early-stage ventures have little
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Week 1 Homework 2.3 The U.S government subsidizes flood insurance because those who want to buy it live in the flood plain and cannot get it at reasonable rates. What inefficiency does this create? This creates an inefficiency because the high deductibles insurance companies have. If the coverage for flood insurance is at a reasonable rate but the deductibles are high than the inefficiency would be people have a choice to not buy the insurance. If a persons intent is to lower their deductible the
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Homework No 1 Due date 08 June 2014 By consulting Handout 1 and 2: 1) Identify the key issues and challenges in the article. Describe why do you think it is issues or challenges 2) If you were a team of rural development specialists‚ how do you address the issues and what kind of intervention should be provided? 3) Please provide your key recommendation to policy and decision makers for them to include in the policy frameworks. Cambodian Poverty Cambodia’s census conducted in 2008 recorded a population
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FI515 Week 4 Homework P7-2 Chapter 7 Constant Growth Valuation 7–2) Dividend Expected Growth Rate Required ROR stock (rs) 1.50/(.07-.15)= Stock price Price = Dividend / (Required Return - Growth Rate) P7-4 $1.50 7% 15% Constant Growth Valuation Boehm Incorporated is expected to pay a $1.50 per share dividend at the end of this year (i.e.‚ D1 = $1.50). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% a year. The required rate of return on the stock
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Homework Assignment 1 MGT 105: Essentials of Management Danielle Babb 6 September 2012 1) When you purchase lower-grade material the quality of product you produce also becomes a lower grade product. If you make the employees work harder‚ after you lay some off‚ they may want to be paid more since they are doing more work. Also those that you lay off can collect unemployment and you lose money When getting new equipment‚ you have to pay for it upfront and depending on
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FIN-516 – WEEK 2 – MINI – CASE ASSIGNMENT 1. What is the name of the company? What is the industry sector? General Electric Industrial Goods 2. What are the operating risks of the company? 3. What is the financial risk of the company (the LT debt to total capitalization ratio)? Debt to equity = Total debt ÷ GE shareowners’ equity = 11‚589 ÷ 116‚438 = 0.10 4. Does the company have any preferred stock? (shares/book value/market price and value) GE does not have any preferred
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Week 5 Individual Assignment FIN 370 April 7‚ 2014 Problem: Firm A has $10‚000 in assets entirely financed with equity. Firm B also has $10‚000 in assets‚ but these assets are financed by $5‚000 in debt (with a 10 percent rate of interest) and $5‚000 in equity. Both firms sell 10‚000 units of output at $2.50 per unit. The variable costs of production are $1‚ and fixed production costs are $12‚000. (To ease the calculation‚ assume no income tax.) a) What is the operating income (EBIT) for
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How can one tell a winning strategy from a strategy that is mediocre or a loser? Give examples and details and always cite your sources of information. A company strategy is its action plan for outperforming its competitors and achieving superior profitability. The objective of a well-crafted strategy is not merely temporary competitive success and profits in the short run‚ but rather the sort of lasting success that can support growth and secure the company’s future over the long term. (Thompson
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| Question 1 | | Which one of the following statements about trend analysis is NOT correct? | It allows management to examine each ratio over time and determine whether the trend is good or bad for the firm. | | All of these are true statements. | | The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System is used to identify benchmark firms. | | This benchmark is based on a firm’s historical performance. | | | Question 2 | | Coverage ratios: Sectors‚ Inc.‚ has an EBIT of $7‚221
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1 . Revenue increases when A. producer surplus increases B. producer surplus decreases C. consumer surplus increases D. consumer surplus decreases Answer : A. producer surplus increases 2 . An increase in the price of an inelastic good A. decreases revenues B. decreases the percentage change in quantity less than the percentage change in price C. increases revenues D. increases the percentage change in quantity more than the percentage change in price Answer: C. increases revenues
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