Cost of Capital at Ameritrade 1) Briefly describe the project that Ameritrade is considering In order to maintain its competitive edge in the discount brokerage market‚ Ameritrade is considering making major investment state of the art technology that can prevent system outages and guarantee 100% reliability. The new system would enable Ameritrade to follow its mission of becoming the largest brokerage firm based on the number of trades. As part of the project the firm would also invest in a new
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Executive Summary: In mid-1997 Joe Ricketts the Chairman and CEO of Ameritrade‚ decided that Ameritrade’s new mission would be to become “the largest brokerage firm worldwide based on the number of trades.” In order to accomplish this mission Ameritrade would need to invest significantly in technology and advertising. This strategy would require large expenditures relative to Ameritrade’s existing capital. In order to gauge the financial impact of these large expenditures‚ there needed to be
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Ameritrade Cost of Capital FIN 700 11/14/06 Cohort B-Team 3 Introduction Ameritrade CEO Joe Ricketts contracted our firm‚ B3 Investment Consultants‚ to provide quantitative analysis of a prospective project – entering the deep discount brokerage market. Based on the directives given by Mr. Ricketts‚ the primary focus of our analysis has been to derive an accurate estimate of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for this
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Ameritrade Case Writeup questions (do all this as if it is June 1997‚ date of the case): 1. What is Ameritrade’s capital structure? Because there is no preferred stock or long term debt‚ Ameritrade is a 100% equity firm. 2. What is Ameritrade’s cost of equity capital? CAPM= (.0643)+ (1.8264)(.188-.0559)=.2902=29.02% Return on Market=(899.470-757.12)/757.12=.188 Beta calculation on Attached Excel Spreadsheet. 3. What is Ameritrade’s cost of debt capital? Because there is
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade Christoph Schneider Ross School of Business Basic assumptions Tax Rate Beta Debt Leverage (D/V) Leverage (D/E) 1997 35.5% 0.25 0.00 0.00 1996 39.4% 1995 35.1% Average 36.7% Comparable companies’ βE Tax Rate Beta Debt Leverage (D/V) Leverage (D/E) Discount Brokerage Firms Charles Schwab Quick & Reilly Waterhouse Securities 1997 35.5% 1996 39.4% β E from Jan’92-Dec’96 2.30 2.20 β E from all months 2.35 2.30
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Ameritrade 2010 1. Qué es Ameritrade y a qué se dedica? Ameritrade Holding Corporation es un bróker de altos descuentos fundado en 1997 cuyos ingresos están relacionados de manera directa al mercado bursátil‚ sus dos principales fuentes de ingreso son: Transacciones e intereses netos. 2. Resuma la posición financiera de Ameritrade al momento. Al año 1997 sus ingresos provienen: 67% = Transacciones bursátiles 33% = Ganancia y otros valores cobrados
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Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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Executive Summary As a Deep-Discount Brokerage firm‚ Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AHC) plans to invest in advertising and technology in order to increase their consumer base and thus revenues. The purpose of this report is to assess the riskiness of the proposed investments by considering the project’s cost of capital calculated via the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A range of factors will be considered in order to assess each possible variable that may influence the result. Areas of focus
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CEO Assignment #1 Bank Analysis - Decomposition of ROE FIN 420 – Bank Management Summary: Utilizing data contained within the Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) of a local bank‚ decompose the company’s 12/31/11 financial performance as well as information for its peer group. Analyze the results. Available Banks: Bank of Holland Grand River Bank Mercantile Bank Macatawa Bank Format: Part #1 – Obtaining Information
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The Harvard Management Company (2001) Case You will design an excel spreadsheet that allows you to answer the following questions: i) Given figures in Exhibits 4 and 11 what is the expected return and volatility of the policy portfolio? ii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same expected return as the policy portfolio but lower volatility. iii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same volatility as the policy portfolio but higher expected return. iv) Repeat question ii
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