etc.)‚ value is created by how you finance a project. False. True. Question 2 (5 points) The return on equity is equal to the return on assets of a project/firm. Never true. Sometimes true. Always true. Question 3 (10 points) Suppose the expected returns on equity of two firms‚ Macrosoft and Microsoft‚ that operate in the same industry are 10.50% and 12.60%‚ respectively. What is the return on assets in this business if Macrosoft has no debt? (Enter the answer with no more nor less than
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market. As a result‚ EMH negates the use of technical analysis as a means to generate investment returns. With respect to fundamental analysis‚ the EMH also states that all publicly available information is reflected in security prices and as such‚ abnormal returns cannot be achievable through the use of this information. This negates the use of fundamental analysis as a means to generate investment returns. EMH and the Portfolio Management Process The portfolio management process begins with an
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FINANCE Question: 1. (a) Frodo Baggins has RM1‚500 to invest. His investment counselor suggests an investment that pays no stated interest but will return RM2‚000 at the end of 3 years. (i) (ii) What annual rate of return will Frodo earn with this investment? Frodo is considering another investment‚ of equal risk‚ that earns an annual return of 8%. Which investment should he make and why? (b) Samwise Gamgee was seriously injured in an industrial accident. He sued the responsible parties
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Dividend policy Dividend policy is concerned with taking a decision regarding paying cash dividend in the present or paying an increased dividend at a later stage. The firm could also pay in the form of stock dividends which unlike cash dividends do not provide liquidity to the investors‚ however‚ it ensures capital gains to the stockholders. The expectations of dividends by shareholders helps them determine the share value‚ therefore‚ dividend policy is a significant decision taken by the financial
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exclusive projects. The required rate of return is 14.6 percent for project A and 13.8 percent for project B. Which project should you accept and why? project A; because it has the higher required rate of return project A; because its NPV is about $4‚900 more than the NPV of project B X project B; because it has the largest total cash inflow project B; because it has the largest cash inflow in year one project B; because it has the lower required return 2. A project has average
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Separation Theorem Summary and Conclusions Selected References PART TWO: THE INVESTMENT DECISION 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Capital Budgeting Under Conditions of Certainty The Role of Capital Budgeting Liquidity‚ Profitability and Present Value The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) The Inadequacies of IRR and the Case for NPV Summary and Conclusions 8 8 8 10 11 13 15 18 21 24 25 27 27 28 28 34 36 37 what‘s missing in this equation? Please click the advert You could be one of our future talents maeRsK inteRnationaL
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Beta (X) Beta (Y) Risk Free Rate EMPR a. Calculate the annual rate of return for each asset in each of the 10 preceding years‚ and use those v the average annual return for each asset over the 10-year period. Return (X) Return (Y) 15.00% 2.27% 20.95% -1.25% 13.18% 20.00% 2.69% 4.00% 21.25% 19.26% 11.74% 7.50% 8.00% 13.50% 8.57% 13.81% 13.64% 9.13% 13.91% 13.75% 9.60% 11.14% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average Return b. Use the returns calculated in part a to find
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comprises debt (fixed and floating) and equity. Marriott Corporation Business Lines 1 Beta of Debt (⬬d) Computed using correlation between S&P500 returns and HG Corp Bonds (recent history is implicitly more weighted)‚ s.d. of the S&P500 and s.d. of the HG Corp Bonds (Exhibit 4) Same 2 Risk-Free Rate Estimated to be equal to 10y US Gov Interest Rate as of April 1988 (Table B) Same 3 Current Leverage Using financial statements (Exhibit 1)‚ we estimated the market value of debt and divided by market
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For an investment to be worthwhile‚ the expected return on capital must be greater than the cost of capital. The cost of capital is the rate of return that capital could be expected to earn in an alternative investment of equivalent risk. If a project is of similar risk to a company’s average business activities it is reasonable to use the company’s average cost of capital as a basis for the evaluation. A company’s securities typically include both debt and equity‚ one must therefore calculate both
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investments‚ which have a risk index of 6%. The expected return and expected risk of the investments are as follows: Investment Expected return Expected risk index X 14% 7% Y 12 8 Z 10 9 a. If Sharon were risk-indifferent‚ which investments would she select? Explain why. If Sharon were risk-indifferent‚ the investments that she would select would be X. The Risk – indifferent manager does not change. There is no change in return would be required for increase in risk. b. If she were
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