Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Identify the three main forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each one. ◆ Identify the primary goal of the management of a publicly held corporation‚ and understand the relationship between stock prices and shareholder value. ◆ Differentiate between what is meant by a stock’s intrinsic value and its market
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The Cost of Capital Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: Explain what is meant by a firm’s weighted average cost of capital. Define and calculate the component costs of debt and preferred stock. Explain why the cost of debt is tax adjusted and the cost of preferred is not. Explain why retained earnings are not free and use three approaches to estimate the component cost of retained earnings. Briefly explain the two alternative approaches that
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[NAME] FIN534 – Financial Management 21 Oct 2012 1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. One of the disadvantages of a sole proprietorship is that the proprietor is exposed to unlimited liability. b. It is generally easier to transfer one’s ownership interest in a partnership than in a corporation. c. One of the advantages of the corporate form of organization is that it avoids double taxation. d. One of the advantages of a corporation from a social standpoint is that
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matures 10 years from now‚ at which time it will be redeemed for $5‚000. What interest rate would you earn if you bought this bond at the offer price? a. 3.82% b. 4.25% c. 4.72% d. 5.24% e. 5.77% d 5- The Morrissey Company’s bonds mature in 7 years‚ have a par value of $1‚000‚ and make an annual coupon payment of $70. The market interest rate for the bonds is 8.5%. What is the bond’s price? | | | a. | $923.22 | b. | $946.30 | c.
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Introduction Success of any company can be attributed to many factors. Financial management is one such vital factor. A company requires finance not just to start a business but also to operate a business‚ to expand its operations and to modernise it. Therefore it can be said for sure that “Finance is the life blood of business” (Donegan‚ p.53). In nutshell the term financial management indicates “money management”. Financial managers spend a good section of their working hours in developing investment
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UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND LEVEL M MODULE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & CONTROL ASSIGNMENT CODE: PGBM01 TUTOR: Mr.Sum DUE DATE: 20/01/2012 Return date: 20/01/2012 Assessment weight: 100% of module Outcomes Assessed: All module learning outcomes‚ knowledge and skills‚ are assessed in this assignment. This assessment is in four parts‚ please answer all elements. Please note that this is an individual assignment and the policy of the University on “Policy on Cheating‚ Collusion
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1. Framework A. Identification of the risk Financial Risk There are three kinds of financial risk: market risk‚ liquidity risk and credit risk. Market Risk Price Risk The risk of a decline in the value of a security or a portfolio. Interest Rate Risk The risk that the value of an investment will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates. Example Dexia had a great interest rate risk. They had a lot of mortgage loans (long term). They financed the long term liabilities
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Take Home Chapter 8-9 Student: ____________________________________________________________ _______________ 1. The difference between an investment ’s market value and its cost is called the: A. present value. B. net present value. C. capital value. D. cash flow. E. net income. 2. The payback period is the period of time it takes an investment to generate sufficient cash flows to: A. earn the required rate of return. B. produce the required net income. C. produce a yield equal
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16 SBUs operating over 4 major geographical market segments:- 2.0 Internal Analysis 2.1 Financial Analysis (Appendix A‚ B‚ C) 1. Profitability Net profit margin is keep going up from year 2007 until 2010. Unstable return on equity and return on capital from year 2007 until 2010. 2. Efficiency Debtor turnover increase from 24 days to 30 days. Unstable creditor turnover day due to financial crisis at the year 2008 and 2009. Inventory turnover increase from 7.69days until 9.7 days. 3
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APPLIED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TUTORIAL SOLUTIONS Question 1 (a) Define expropriation The taking of foreign property‚ with or without compensation‚ by a government. (b ) When expropriation does occur – how can a company respond? Broadly the company can offer to allow more local involvement in the project‚ offer to support the local government (legal issues?)‚ work in political opposition to the local government‚ try to use local (due to sovereign immunity) legal solutions‚ lobby the firm’s
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