DIVIDEND POLICY DETERMINANTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCES OF STAKEHOLDER THEORY by Mark E. Holder‚ Frederick W. Langrehr‚ J. Lawrence Hexter There is considerable debate on how dividend policy affects firm value. Some researchers believe that dividends increase shareholder wealth (Gordon‚ 1959)‚ others believe that dividends are irrelevant (Miller and Scholes‚ 1978)‚ and still others believe that dividends decrease shareholder wealth (Litzenberger and Ramaswamy‚ 1979). Financial management
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1. (Problem 1.12) Suppose bank’s loan officer tells you that if you take out a mortgage (i.e.‚ you borrow money to buy a house) you will be permitted to borrow no more than 80% of the value of the house. Describe this transaction using the terminology of short-sales. Answer: We are interested in borrowing the asset “money” to buy a house. Therefore‚ we go to an owner of the asset‚ called Bank. The Bank provides the dollar amount‚ say $250‚000‚ in digital form in our mortgage
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trend of share/capital market has a direct impact on banking stability – evaluate the statement This paper explains the workings of a stock market as well as its effects on a country’s economy. The main point of this paper of to prove that the volatility of a country’s capital market can have a negative effect on banking stability of a country. The fall of a country’s capital market could mean the demise of the country’s banking sector as well. Basic Explanation of the Stock Market A stock is a partial
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DIVIDEND DECISION The dividend decision is one of the 3 basic decisions which a financial manager maybe required to take‚ the other two being the investment decisions and the financing decisions. In each period any earnings that remain after satisfying obligations to the creditors‚ the government and the preference sh.hol can either be retained or paid out as dividends or bifurcated between retained earnings and dividends. The retained earnings can be invested in assets which will help
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“50/50” directed by Jonathan Levine is a movie that was released back in the year 2011. This movie was made on a small budget but was critically acclaimed success due to the profit it had incarnated during its release. It does not stop there; this movie has been received well by both the audiences and especially by the critics which some have said it is a good hearted film made on a difficult topic. Moreover‚ this movie has been also nominated for several top awards in the film industry like the
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Stock Valuation at Ragan‚ Inc Nautilus Marine Enginees negative EPS wer the result of an accouting write off last year. Without the write-off‚ EPS for the company would have been 1.97. Last year‚ Ragan had an EPS of 5.08 and paid a dividend to Carrington and Genevieve of 320‚000 each. The company also had a return on equity of 25 percent. Larissa tells Dan that required return for Ragan of 20 percent is appropriate. 1. Assuming the company continues its current growth rate‚ what is the value
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Page 1 of 6 SECTION 205 DIVIDEND TO BE PAID ONLY OUT OF PROFITS Dividend declared at extraordinary general meeting of company - Whether permissible The query has been raised whether a company is prohibited from declaring a further dividend at a general meeting of a company other than the annual general meeting after a dividend had already been declared at an annual general meeting. Such a situation could arise‚ for example‚ when after declaring a dividend at an annual general meeting‚ the company
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Introduction The optimal dividend policy of a firm depends on investor’s desire for capital gains as opposed to income‚ their willingness to forgo dividend now for future returns‚ and their perception of the risk associated with postponement of returns. However any normative approach to dividend policy intended to be operative under real world conditions should consider the firms investment opportunities‚ any preferences that investors have for dividends as opposed to capital gains and vice
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Dividend Policy Vinod Kothari Corporations earn profits – they do not distribute all of it. Part of profit is ploughed back or held back as retained earnings. Part of the profit gets distributed to the shareholders. The part that is distributed is the dividend. The ratio of the actual distribution or dividend‚ and the total distributable profits‚ is called dividend payout ratio. How much of its profits should a corporation distribute? There are several considerations that apply in answering this
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Stock Code: 992 IDEAS EVERYWHERE Lenovo Group Limited Annual Report 2007/08 TM NEW WORLD. NEW THINKING. TM CONTENTS ABOUT LENOVO Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) develops‚ manufactures and markets high-quality‚ secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide and is dedicated to building the world’s best-engineered personal computers. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division‚ Lenovo’s heritage in both emerging and developed
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