Of course I made friends with the other fellows‚ but the work I ‚ they meant something. They were always changing. It was all I had to be interested in the changes. Why did they change? I didn’t know. I didn’t care. I didn’t think about that. I simply saw that they changed. That was all I had to think about five hours every day and two on Saturdays: that they were always changing. That is how I first came to be interested in the behaviour of prices. I had a very good memory for figures. I
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COR167e Managing Your Personal Finances Tutor Marked Assignment 01 Name: Jamilah Binte Hamzah PI Number:Question 1 a) I want to acquire $20 000 for my wedding in 4 years’ time‚ this can be done by saving up $500 every month. I want to acquire a savings of $50 000 in 40 years’ time for retirement‚ this can be done by saving more money and cutting down on the expenses that I do not need. I would like to clear my loans worth of $11 000 in total in 5 years’ time‚ this can be done by paying back
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during the month preceding the delivery month? Question 2 Use the Black-Scholes model to value a call option on the following stock: Time to expiration 6 months Standard deviation 50% per year Exercise price $50 Stock price $50 Interest rate 3% You can solve this question either by formula or by Excel. If by Excel‚ attach Excel file with your submission or insert the Excel sheet in the space below showing all cells of your inputs and results. d1 = 0.2192 N(d1) = 0.5868 d 2 = –0.1344
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the interest rate on an alternative‚ “risk-free” investment both of the same maturity. An asset’s risk premium is a form of compensation for investors who are willing to take on the uncertainties associated with a risky investment. This is used to attract investors to purchase equity securities from a corporation by giving them the potential for a larger return than a riskless alternative such as depositing money in a bank. For instance‚ risk premium can be expressed as an interest rate that is paid
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Chapter 5 Exchange Rate Systems QUESTIONS 3. What is likely to be the most credible exchange rate system? Answer: Among fixed exchange rate systems‚ a monetary union with a common currency is likely the most credible exchange rate system. 8. How can a central bank peg the value of its currency relative to another currency? Answer: To peg the value of its currency to another currency‚ the government must make a market in the two currencies. If there is excess supply of the foreign currency
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COMM370 – Alejandra Medina Practice for Lecture 12-13: Modigliani-Miller Propositions Question 1. Prove Modigliani-Miller proposition 1 with corporate taxes. As part of your answer‚ clearly state the underlying assumptions‚ explain the intuition underlying the proof‚ and conceptually interpret the meaning of the proposition. Note: you should be able to formally prove MM 1 & MM2 as we did in class. Question 2. Levered Inc. and Unlevered Inc. are identical in every respect except for capital
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over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2‚000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge its customers is $18 each and is to remain constant. The canes have a cost per unit to manufacture of $9 each. Installation of the machine and the resulting increase in manufacturing capacity will require an increase in various net working capital
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CHAPTER 2 How to Calculate Present Values Answers to Problem Sets 1. If the discount factor is .507‚ then .507*1.126 = $1 2. 125/139 = .899 3. PV = 374/(1.09)9 = 172.20 4. PV = 432/1.15 + 137/(1.152) + 797/(1.153) = 376 + 104 + 524 = $1‚003 5. FV = 100*1.158 = $305.90 6. NPV = -1‚548 + 138/.09 = -14.67 (cost today plus the present value of the perpetuity) 7. PV = 4/(.14-.04) = $40 8. a. PV = 1/.10 = $10 b. Since the perpetuity
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1. What major requirements do client expect from their portfolio managers? We have two major requirements of a Portfolio Manager: 1. The ability to derive above average returns for a given risk class (large risk-adjusted returns); and 2. The ability to completely diversify the portfolio to eliminate all unsystematic risk. The client expect from their portfolio managers are to help them manage their money in less time. Most of the client requires a portfolio manager who can preserve
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Solutions to questions 1. Finance involves three main areas—corporate finance‚ financial institutions and markets‚ and investments—that are closely related and complementary. For example‚ in corporate finance the central issues are how to acquire and employ or invest funds. To acquire funds a financial manager must deal with financial institutions‚ so some knowledge of the operations of financial institutions and markets is essential. Similarly‚ corporate finance involves investments because decisions
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