exercise price. In this case‚ option B’s premium price is lower. The trade off is between a lower exercise price‚ higher premium price‚ option A‚ that better hedges against the yen if it were to appreciate in value (exercising the option) and a higher exercise price‚ lower priced premium that reduces cost if the hedge does not appreciate in value (the option is not exercised). 2.Should Blades allow its yen position to be unhedged? Describe the tradeoff. The case stated that “the futures
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satisfaction over something that is now the bane of my existence." He looked gloomily at the offending photo which showed the project team happily "clinking" pop cans and coffee cups in a toast: "Here’s to TUFS!" The Technical Underwriting Financial System (TUFS) was the largest single investment in IT ever made by Northern Insurance‚ and it was going to transform Northern by streamlining the underwriting processes and providing strategic e-business capabilities. The TUFS team had brought the project
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Will need to take an enterprise perspective on IT and incorporate all IT initiatives – new strategies‚ needs of Fred and other for new IT to operate and improve existing business Find a way to allocate some of the budget to fix the mess in IT IT systems don’t talk to the ones running in other divisions Provide better way to connect new IT work with our corporate objectives Help prioritize projects with different types of value Ensure have business and IT resources to deliver that value Solution:
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period for each of the following two separate investments (round the payback period to two decimals): 1. A new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $260‚000 and have a useful life of five years. The system yields an incremental after-tax income of $75‚000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. The predicted salvage value of the system is $10‚000. Payback period =Cost of investment/ Annual net cash flow =$260‚000/ $125‚000 =2.08 years Annual depreciation
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Chapter 11 THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Problems Problem 11-1 |2003 sales |$8‚743‚000 | |Less: Change in accounts receivable | (70‚000) | |Cash generated from sales during 2003 |$8‚673‚000 | Problem 11-2 a. Issuance of a 12-month note in return for $2 million cash is a financing source of cash. Use
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The “Revolution of 1800” By 1800 the Federalist party was split‚ clearing the way to the presidency for the Democratic-Republicans. Two men ran for the nomination: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Each received an equal number of votes in the electoral college‚ which mean that the Federalist-dominated House of Representatives were required to choose a president. Jefferson finally won (Albert Gallatin as his treasurer). Hamilton sided with Jefferson because he believed Burr to be an unfit and dangerous
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and preferences. 2. What were the limitations of Goizueta’s strategy that persuaded his successor to shift away from it? What was Daft trying to achieve? Daft’s strategy also did not produce the desired results. What do you think this was the case? * The one size fits all strategy failed. More nimble and smaller competitor beverages began to stop the Coke growth that’s why Daft created a 180 degree shift in strategy. Power should be in the hands of local country managers. Strategy‚ product
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(DIV2013) / $ 30 (EPS 2013) = 0.67 Plowback ratio 2013 = $10.00 (RE per share 2013) / $ 30.00 (EPS 2013) = 0.33 Sustainable growth rate = 0.15 (rate of return) x 0.33 (plowback ratio) = 5 % Price per share 2012 = DIV2013/(r-g) = $20/(11%-5% ) = $ 333.33 $ 333.33 price per share x 400‚000 shares = $ 133‚333‚333 - value of the company in 2012 P/E ratio = $ 333.33( price per share) / 30 (EPS) = 11.11 Rapid Growth Scenario: Since Price = DIV / r-g‚ and there are
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( Answers to Mini-Case Questions BioCom Inc. This mini-case provides a review of the methodology and rationale associated with the various capital budgeting evaluation methods such as payback period‚ discounted payback period‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ MIRR‚ and PI. 1. Compute the payback period for each project. |Time of Cash Flow |Nano Test Tubes |Microsurgery Kit | |Investment |−$11‚000.00 |−$11‚000.00
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Case 11 Horniman Horticulture 1. What is your assessment of the financial performance of Horniman Horticulture? a. Horniman has strong profitability and no long term debt. Revenues are growing and the net profit is growing with it. They have continued to grow revenues while keeping COGS stable at 48-53%. SG&A is also a steady 38-39%. In addition the ROA and ROC are both way above industry standards. However‚ the company’s cash available has dramatically decreased from 11 to less than 1% over the
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