Betsy Bellard Dr. Praveen K. Das Minicase Chapter 6 January 30‚ 2013 1. How does Ben ’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Age plays a huge part in Ben ’s decision to get his MBA and to be able to become an investment banker he will need to start on his MBA as soon as possible. The longer Ben waits‚ the harder it will be for him to accomplish this goal. By completing his MBA at a young age‚ he will have the opportunity to potentially raise his income by 4% each year. Also‚ most businesses
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Deriving the Dividend Discount Model in the Intermediate Microeconomics Class Stephen Norman Jonathan Schlaudraff Karianne White Douglas Wills* May 2012 Abstract This paper shows that the dividend discount model can be derived using the basic intertemporal consumption model that is introduced in a typical intermediate microeconomic course. This result will be of use to instructors who teach microeconomics to finance students in that it demonstrates the value of utility maximization in obtaining
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we know how to value options on a stock paying a dividend yield‚ we know how to value options on stock indices and currencies." Explain this statement. A stock index is similar to a stock paying a dividend yield‚ only if the dividend yield is the dividend yield of the index. Currencies are similar to a stock paying a dividend yield‚ the dividend yield being the foreign risk-free interest rate. 15.3) A stock index is currently 300‚ the dividend yield on the index is 3% per annum‚ and the risk-free
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Lower investment rate due to the fact that FPL probably does not raise dividends as discussed - Suggestion of dividend cuts by FPL’s managers - FPL’s stock price has fallen by 19.6% while the S&P index has decreased by 22.1% - Rising interest rate and increasing competition in electric industry From investors’ perspective‚ the current payout ratio is appropriate to some extent: - FPL’s current payout ration = cash dividend/net income = 461693/248749 = 107.7%. According to the exhibit 9‚ FPL has
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Calculate Preferred Dividends Preferred stock (or preference shares) is a special class of stock that pays a fixed dividend set at the time of issuance. Also‚ preferred dividends must be paid before common stock dividends. To calculate the dividends for preferred stocks‚ you need to multiply the par value of the shares by the dividend percentage. Example 1: If the dividend percentage is 8 percent and the preferred stock was issued at $20 per share‚ then the annual dividend is: 8% * $20 = $1.60
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Evaluation Calculation Discursive 20% 80% Question 2 Dividend Valuation Model 45% 55% Question 3 Option strategies Straddles 80% 20% Question 4 Duration and convexity –Price – yield relationship 30% 70% Question 5 Option and Futures -mixed N/A 100% Question 6 CAPM 40% 60% Dividend Discount Models 1. The intrinsic value‚ denoted V0‚ of a share of stock is defined as the present value of all cash payments to the investor in the stock‚ including dividends as well as the proceeds from the ultimate sale
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‘The sums available for payment of a dividend depends on a company being able to satisfy both a profit and loss (realised profits) test and a balance sheet test’- Explain the profit and loss test and the balance sheet test and consider the accuracy of the above statement in relation to both public and private companies. Paying a dividend is the usual way for a company to distribute a share of its profits among the shareholders. A dividend is an amount payable to a shareholder
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NIGERIA’S ’DEMOCRACY DIVIDENDS’ The nation’s literary clan went agog recently when it generously expended kilometers of expensive newsprint and megawatts of electronic media energy on what looked like a stock-taking ritual in commemoration of the second year of the Obasanjo regime. One by one‚ all the learned commentators who mounted the podium had something to say about the status of the regime’s half time scorecard. And depending on the analyst’s loyalty‚ it was possible to make a general classification
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economic growth and the concept of “demographic dividend” emerged. Demographic dividend is defined as a rise in the rate of economic growth due to a rising share of working age people in a population. This phenomenon occurs with a falling birth rate and the consequent shift in the age structure of the population towards the adult working ages. It is also commonly known as the demographic gift or bonus or demographic window. The demographic dividend‚ however‚ does not last forever. There is a limited
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Pogge argues that the world poverty is morally required and that we fail to fulfill our negative duties relating the global poor. However‚ Pogge’s advisability on the solution of the global poverty is not good for moral problem but this view will be discussed some other time on a different paper. Poggie gives three main approaches to the global poverty to convince people to let them know that poverty is bad and that people must make actions to go against the poverty. The three approaches are 1)
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