Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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000 at the end of each year for the next 20 years. If Bill can earn an effective return of 12 per cent per annum on his contributions‚ how much will he have accumulated at the end of twenty years‚ rounded to the nearest dollar? (A) (B) $19‚292 (C) $144‚105 (D) 3. $14‚938 $40‚000 A firm’s profit before tax is $150 000 and depreciation expense is $30‚000. Assuming a company tax rate of 30%‚ the firm’s cash flow from operations is: (A) $840‚000 (B) $180‚000 (C)
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from now. If the required return is 9 percent‚ what is the value of the investment? What would the value be if the payments occurred for 40 years? For 75 years? Forever? 2. Calculating Annuity Cash Flows. If you put up $25‚000 today in exchange for a 7.9 percent‚ 12year annuity‚ what will the annual cash flow be? 3. Calculating Perpetuity Values. Dawa Financial is trying to sell you an investment policy that will pay you and your heirs $35‚000 per year forever. If the required rate of return on this
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C) What do you think is the real cause for the cash flow problem at cyclone? What actions can be taken to improve the situation? Comment on Rangi’s management of the factory. The real causes for the cash flow problem at cyclone are: • No perfect planning to distribute goods /provisions • Failure to establish human resource strategies. • Misusage of wealth during the cyclone • Negligence & irresponsibility of top level management. • Unsatisfactory workplace. Remedies to be done for improvement of
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1. A company needs to elect 10 directors. A shareholder owns 80 shares. What is the maximum number of votes that he or she can cast for a favorite candidate under (10 points) a. Straight voting? 80 b. Cumulative voting? 80*10 = 800 2. “If the efficient-market hypothesis is true‚ the pension fund manager might as well select a portfolio by throwing darts at the Wall Street Journal.” Explain why this is not so. (10 points) This strategy does not consider risk. 3. The NuPress Valet Company
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Funds flow statement shows the changes in the financial position between two balance sheet dates. It represents the movement of funds and the movement can be inward called as income or receipts. In case of outward movement‚ it is represented by expenditure or payments. The term‚ "funds" has different meanings. In the context of funds flow statement "funds" means the net working capital. Flow of funds means changes in funds position of changes in working capital. Working capital refers to that
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From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction using a fixed WACC discount rate; however the leverage is changing in fact. * If we want to use WACC method‚ one assumption must be met: this program will not change the debt-equity
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Cash flow is the movement of money in and out of a business. It is of vital importance for a company continually monitoring and controling its cash flow. A shortage of cash may lead to insolvency while an excess of cash is wasteful because it is not a productive asset. Therefore‚ various sources of finance should be combined to help maintain a sound record of cash flow. However‚ ‘The problem is not just to find the money but to find it from the right sources at the right price and at the right time
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Analyze company cash flows East Coast Yachts has a strong operating cash flow highlighted by strong earnings before interest and taxes of $88‚416‚000. With the addition of $20‚160‚000 in depreciation and subtraction of $30‚921‚000 in taxes‚ they managed an operating cash flow of $77‚654‚400. East Coast Yachts appears to be in or approaching a growth mode with their capital spending on fixed assets increasing by $60‚000‚000 during the fiscal year. However‚ they made the wise move of reducing
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Si Chen Bin Shen Qiyang Tan Yajie Wang Jiaqi Zhang Copyright © 2012 by Steris’s Group from Weatherhead School in Case Western Reserve University All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ distributed‚ or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or other electronic or mechanical methods‚ without the prior written permission of the publisher‚ except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial
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