Minicase 4 Yield Curve Hypotheses and the Effects of Economic Events CONCEPTS IN THIS CASE term structure of interest rates default risk risk premium yield curve expectations hypotheses segmented markets theory preferred habitat theory liquidity premium theory Your employer (a bank) has decided to offer five-year loans to its small business customers. You have been presented the task of determining what the appropriate minimum interest rate should be for the most creditworthy customer
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Top of Form 1. __________ is concerned with the acquisition‚ financing‚ and management of assets with some overall goal in mind. Financial management Profit maximization Agency theory Social responsibility 2. Jensen and Meckling showed that __________ can assure themselves that the __________ will make optimal decisions only if appropriate incentives are given and only if the __________ are monitored. principals; agents; agents agents; principals; principals
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practice of shark finning. This is the process of removing the fins from sharks then throwing the body back into the ocean left to die slowly. Shark fins are popular targets for fishermen because of their high value although the issues caused by this practice are widespread‚ inhumane and damaging to almost every ecosystem. Shark fins have been considered a delicacy in the Chinese culture since the Sung Dynasty in AD 968‚ in a dish called Shark Fin Soup. The emperors of china have believed that the soup
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known as killer whales‚ can grow up to twenty to thirty feet on average and swim up to 100 miles a day‚ keeping their body healthy and fit. Aside from their large and strong body structure‚ Orcas are highly intelligent and social animals that work together in pods when hunting while even being capable of swimming as deep as thirty feet. So why in captivity‚ are Orcas being kept in pools that range from eighteen to twenty-eight feet deep? The average lifespan of a killer whale ranges from thirty
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Stacy Rodenbough ENGL 1010 October 1‚ 2012 Orca- Greek God of the Underworld There are very few animals that can compare to the top mammal of marine animals. The Orca or killer whale is the largest of the dolphin family; with the full name of Orcinus Orca; meaning Greek god of the underworld. They are whales with distinct black and white coloring and have teeth that can be up to 4 inches in length. Not only they one of the largest of the sea they are also the fastest of marine animals and
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The Orca or more commonly known as the Killer Whale‚ is a member of the oceanic dolphins family and the genus Orcinus. Orcas are highly intelligent marine animals that demonstrate unique physical traits as well as behavioral ones. Orcas must be protected to ensure balance in the ecosystem. Around 48 million years ago a species called‚ Pakicetus which has characteristic such as forward nostrils‚ forelimbs and hindlimbs for walking‚ no tail flukes evolved in a million years into another species called
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CH 1 Quiz 1. Suppose your firm invests $100‚000 in a project in Italy. At the time the exchange rate is $1.23= 1.00 Euros. One year later the exchange rate is the same‚ but the Italian government has expropriated your firm’s assets paying only 80‚000 Euros in compensation. This is an example of a. Political risk 2. Country A can produce 10 yards of textiles or 6 pounds of food per unit of input. Compute the opportunity cost of adding one additional unit of food instead of textiles. a. 1 yard
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Debt is Good for You (01/25/2001) Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller published their famous theory about the optimal balance on debt and equity of the corporate finance. In the Modigliani –Miller theory they stated that the value of the firm is independent of firm’s capital structure. As the portion of debt goes up‚ the firm will be riskier‚ and the expected return will increase. In an efficient market‚ the business risk does not vary with leverage. But later‚ Modigliani –Miller theory modified
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Financial Management 1. Happy Valley‚ Inc. stock is valued at $51.40 a share. The company pays a constant dividend of $3.80. What is the required return on this stock? Po = D/Rs $51.40 = $3.80/Rs Rs = 7.39% 2. The Francis Company is expected to pay a dividend of D1 = $1.25 per share at the end of the year‚ and that dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year in the future. The company’s beta is 1.15‚ the market risk premium is 5.50%
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Nareekan Wongwisetsiri Finance 317 Financial Statements Homework #1 1. Watson Oil recently reported (in millions) $8‚250 of sales‚ $5‚750 of operating costs other than depreciation‚ and $650 of depreciation. The company had $3‚200 of outstanding bonds that carry a 5% interest rate‚ and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 35%. In order to sustain its operations and thus generate future sales and cash flows‚ the firm was required to make $1‚250 of capital expenditures on new fixed
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