Question 1 (1 mark) The methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment: 1) ‘Discounting’ Methods: Net Present Value (NPV): the present value of the future after-tax cash flow minus the investment outlay made initially. The decision rule for the NPV as follows: invest if NPV> 0‚ do not invest if NPV< 0 Internal Rate of Return (IRR): calculates the interest rate that equates the present value of the future after-tax cash flows equal that investment outlay;
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CASE STUDY ON CASH BUDGETING Party Favours Limited (PFL) distributes party supplies and novelties through a network of independent‚ dedicated sales people across Canada. PFL plans to expand its network of sales distribution network into western Canada and consequently forecasts sales to total $5.6 million and $5.8 million in calendar years 2011 and 2012 respectively. PFL has been in operation for over ten years‚ and therefore has a strong understanding of the seasonal sales cycle that party
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1. Calculate TRUST’s company after-tax WACC. The risk-free rate was 4.21%‚ the market risk premium was 6% and the company tax rate was 30%. The WACC should be rounded to four decimal places. After-tax WACC = rD (1-Tc) D/V + rE E/V rE = rf + βequity(rm – rf) rE = 0.0421 + 0.81(0.06) rE = 0.0907 E = number of outstanding shares x current share price E = 60 million x $3.43 E = $205.8 million D = $44 million bank loans + $1.2 million short-term hire purchase commitments D = $45.2 million
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a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is important to all mangers because it lets them know the company’s financial situation before any decisions can be made within the organization. It helps managers develop strategic financial issues associated with achieving goals. Having a solid understanding of corporate finance helps mangers find ways to raise and manage its capital‚ which type of investments the firm should make‚ if profits are earned‚ how these profits
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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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CASE STUDY HOMEWORK CORPORATE FINANCE PROFESSOR: G. BERTINETTI STUDENT Albert Maurer 1 The Situation: In 2010 a new company was created in order to enter into the food industry. They spent many months in studying the market‚ engineering the products and the commercial strategy‚ find out the production plants. At the end of 2010 the business plan is ready and the company has already participated to an exhibition where many potential customers said to be very interested to the project
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Grading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions‚ and comments from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 11/22/2014 Time Spent: 1 h ‚ 36 min ‚ 44 secs Points Received: 100 / 100 (100%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Short 6 N/A Grade Details - All Questions Question 1. Question : (TCO C) Blease Inc. has a capital budget of $625‚000‚ and it wants to maintain a target capital structure of 60% debt
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retailers in the U.S. by sales. In its most recent year in 2012‚ Target who has proclaimed itself as “cheap chic” produced over $70 billion in revenue through the sales of apparel‚ house wares‚ electronics and other products (Exhibit 5). At Target‚ corporate governance practices have been in place for more than 50 years‚ and continue to evolve to balance the interests of the Board‚ shareholders and management to maximize efforts. A majority of the 12-member Board is independent and selected based on
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Intitech vs The Coffee Bean 1. How would you gauge Peter’s achievement orientation? What are some of the needs not being met for Peter Gibbons at Initech? What changes might improve Peter’s motivation? Peter Gibbons is clearly subjected to a bad work environment‚ and lack of motivation which is his primary fuel for really hating his job. His achievement orientatin is low at best‚ and he has developed an lack of motivation to achieve success. This could have been created by Initech itself‚
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Quiz chapter 2 1. __________ refers to the change in the firm’s current assets relative to its current liabilities over some time period. A) Operating cash flow B) Capital spending C) Cash flow to creditors D) Cash flow from assets E) Additions to net working capital 2. If total assets = $550‚ fixed assets = $375‚ current liabilities = $140‚ equity = $265‚ long term debt = $145‚ and current assets is the only remaining item on the balance sheet‚ what is the value of net working
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