semiconductors. The company mostly focuses on analog products within the semiconductor portion of the electronic industry. Linear Technology was unique in their payout policy in the sense that they started with announcing dividends and then continued onto repurchasing. Linear started dividends to gain the respect of investors as well as show that buying shares in the company of Linear was less risky than all the other technology companies. Additionally‚ they repurchase stocks to offset the employee stock
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Problem solutions to ch 8 LG3 8-1 Stock Index Performance On October 9‚ 2007‚ the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new high. The index closed at 14‚164.53‚ which was up 120.80 that day. What was the return (in percent) of the stock market that day? FV = PV × (1 + i) 14‚164.53 = (14‚164.53 - 120.80) × (1 + i) i = (14‚164.53 / 14‚043.73) - 1 = 0.86% LG3 8-2 Stock Index Performance On March 9‚ 2009‚ the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a new low. The index closed at 6‚547
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Investment Portfolio for RIX PLC Prepared By D.M.D.B. Thanayamwatta Reg No: D121T08-1 Finance for Effective Marketing (MGL203) Individual Assignment December 2012 Examination Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF MARKETING Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Investing in Stock Exchanged 4 3.1 Colombo Stock Exchange 5 3.2 Investing Portfolio 5 3.3 Important Points about Profitability Ratios‚ 5 3.4 Important Points about Investor
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[pic] Term Test #3 (1 hour) ADM 4344A – Tax II March 15‚ 2011 Prof. Kathryn Pedwell Student Name:: _______________________________________________________________ Student I.D.: _________________________________________________________________ |Question #1 |/10 | |Question # 2 |/10
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Web Site Search The company provides various information that supplies a firm’s stock dividends‚ split stocks‚ and reverse split stock. The websites used for this research paper are financial dictionary and investopedia. The website provided information about the firm’s stocks‚ health‚ growth‚ potential profitability‚ and competition‚ which provides an understanding of the ratios used for the analysis. Companies and their finances must follow the same rules when they do not the person that prepared
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Nations Bank Purpose: The purpose of this case is to calculate a stock’s price using its past dividends as an indicator of future dividend growth rates. The student must determine the stock’s required rate of return (CAPM) and future expected dividend growth rate and use the Gordon Growth Model to calculate a current price. 1. The equation for CAPM is kj = Rf + [bj x (Rm - Rf)] where‚ kj = required return on asset j‚ Rf = risk-free rate of return‚ bj = beta coefficient for asset
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Sales $ 3‚000 Cost of goods sold (1‚600) Gross profit $ 1‚400 Operations expenses (970) Operating income $ 430 Interest expense (30) Income before tax $ 400 Income tax (200) Net income $ 200 Plus Jan. 1 retained earnings 150 Minus dividends (100) Dec. 31 retained earnings $ 250 Answer (A) is correct. (CIA‚ adapted) REQUIRED: The return on assets. DISCUSSION: The return on assets is the ratio of net income to total assets. It equals 21.1% ($200 NI ÷ $950 total assets). Answer
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issuance of preferred and common stocks and the declaration and payment of dividends. The board of directors must always authorize all dividends. A dividend distributes cash‚ assets‚ or the company’s stock. This is distributed to the company’s stakeholders. Before authorizing a dividend‚ a company must have sufficient retained earnings and cash (cash dividend) or sufficient authorized stock (stock dividend). Before cash dividends are issued to stockholders‚ the following conditions must exist: the board
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ConnocoPhillips Dividend Cut ConnocoPhillips released its fourth quarter 2015 results on 4th February. The company announced that its board of directors have taken a decision to reduce the company’s quarterly dividend to 25 cents per share‚ compared with the previous quarterly dividend of 74 cents per share. The dividend is payable on March 1‚ 2016 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 16‚ 2016. This action frees up an incremental $ 2.4 billion in cash. The decision is just one
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Preference in dividends Preference in assets‚ in the event of liquidation Convertibility to common stock. Callability‚ at the option of the corporation Nonvoting In general‚ preferreds have preference to dividends payments. A preference does not assure the payment of dividends‚ but the company must pay the stated dividend rate before paying dividends on common stock.[4] Preferred stock may be cumulative or noncumulative. A cumulative preferred requires that if a company fails to pay a dividend (or any
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