Questions Chapter 1: The Role of Managerial Finance Review Questions 1-3 Which legal form of business organization is most common? Which form is dominant in terms of business revenues? What is the goal of a firm and‚ therefore‚ of all managers and employees? Discuss how one measures achievement of this goal. What are the major differences between accounting and finance with respect to emphasis on cash flows and decision making? 1 -7 1-13 Problems P1-1 (Page 27) Merideth Harper has invested
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ch12 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Last year‚ T-bills returned 2 percent while your investment in large-company stocks earned an average of 5 percent. Which one of the following terms refers to the difference between these two rates of return? A. risk premium B. geometric return C. arithmetic D. standard deviation E. variance 2. Which one of the following best defines the variance of an investment’s annual returns over a number
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dollars will increase since the demand is increasing because both equilibrium value and demand are tightly linked together. v. The demand for yen should not be affected because more imports by the Japanese company will only give profit to the companies who supply to the Japanese company and it will not make the people of U.S. to buy more yen out
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David Ricardo and Comparative (Chapter 3) .......3 Advantage ...................................................................................................3 Absolute Advantage and Comparative Advantage .....................................5 Problems of Using Absolute Advantage to Guide Allocation of Tasks......8 Ricardian Comparative Advantage .............................................................9 Resource Constraints: ..............................................................
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2-2-a: How would a relatively high home inflation rate affect the home country’s current account‚ other things being equal? A. A high home inflation rate could cause a current account a deficit since it results to decrease exports and increase imports. 2-12-a: U.S.-based MNCs commonly invest in foreign securities. Assume that the dollar is presently weak and is expected to strengthen over time. How will these expectations affect the tendency of U.S. investors to invest in foreign securities
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Phase 2: 2016 - 2018 Synopsis You selected Pursue Big-Box Distribution‚ Expand Online Presence‚ and Develop a Private-Label Product and declined no opportunities . Below is a synopsis of how each opportunity affected your Working Capital and Cash Flow. Pursue Big-Box Distribution Taking on Mega- Mart Inc. as a customer resulted in impressive top-line growth but the company’s EBIT margin declined. Revenue’16’17’1805K10K $7‚100 Opportunity EBIT’16’17’180250500 Opportunity Free Cash Flow’16’17’180-2K-1K
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Consider a project to produce solar water heaters. It requires a $10 million investment and offers a level after-tax cash flow of $1.75 million per year for 10 years. The opportunity cost of capital is 12 percent‚ which reflects the project’s business risk. Suppose the project is financed with $5 million of debt and $5 million of equity. The interest rate is 8 percent and the marginal tax rate is 35 percent. The debt will be paid off in equal annual installments
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Integrative—WACC‚ WMCC‚ and IOS. Cartwell Products has compiled the data shown in the following table for the current costs of its three basic sources of capital—long-term debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock equity—for various ranges of new financing. Source of Capital Range of New Financing After Tax Cost Long-term debt $0 to 320‚000 6% $320‚000 and above 8% Preferred stock $0 and above 17% Common stock equity $0 to $200‚000 20% $200‚000 and above 24%
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Important Microeconomic Formulas Total Product = Quantity (Q) Average Product (AP) = Total Product (Q) / Labour (L) Marginal Product (MP) = Change in Total Product / Change in Labour Profit = Total Revenue (TR) – Total Costs (TC) Profit = (Average Revenue – Average Cost) x Quantity Total Revenue (TR) = Price (P) x Quantity (Q) Total Costs (TC) = Total Fixed Costs (TFC) + Total Variable Costs (TVC) Total Cost (TC) = Average Cost (AC) x Quantity (Q) Average Cost (AC) = Total Costs (TC) /
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Chapter 2 Self Test (Answers are below) 1. Which of the following statements about accruals and cash flows is false? A. Company value can be determined by using accrual accounting numbers. B. Accrual accounting numbers are subject to accounting distortions. C. Cash flows are more reliable than accruals. D. Cash flows cannot be manipulated. 2. Financial accounting data has some inherent limitations. Which of the following are limitations? I. Not all economic events are easily quantifiable
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