Unit 1 – Case Analysis- “The Time Value of Money: Natasha Kingery Case.” FIN 605 – Financial Economics Dr. Professor February 24‚ 2012 University Introduction Here is a case about Natasha Kingery‚ 30 years old and has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. She is currently employed as a Tier 2 field service representative for a telephony corporation located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ and earns‚ $38‚000 a year that she anticipates will grow at 3% per year. Natasha hopes to retire
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TEST BANK: TIME VALUE OF MONEY (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Problems Easy: FV of a single payment Answer: d Diff: E . You deposit $2‚000 in a savings account that pays 10 percent interest‚ compounded annually. How much will your account be worth in 15 years? a. $2‚030.21 b. $5‚000.00 c. $8‚091.12 d. $8‚354.50 e. $9‚020.10 FV of a single payment Answer: c Diff: E . You deposit $1‚000 in a savings account that pays 9 percent
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Sampa Video‚ Inc. 1. What is the appropriate discount rate and the value of the project assuming the firm is going to fund it with all equity? “The discount rate of a project should be the expected return on a financial asset of comparable risk” To estimate Sampa Video’s cost of equity capital we used the CAPM model‚ in which rf refers to the risk free rate‚ to the market risk premium‚ and β to the company Beta (Table 1). Since the Beta of the company wasn’t known‚ we decided to use an
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the end of Year 2. Describe your answer for each item below in complete sentences‚ whenever it is necessary. Show all of your calculations and processes for the following points: a. Assuming the opportunity interest rate is 8%‚ what is the present value of the second alternative mentioned above? Which of the two alternatives should be chosen and why? b. How would your decision change if the opportunity interest rate is 12%? c. Provide a description of a scenario where this kind of decision between
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Present value of net annual cash flowsPresent value of salvage valueCapital investmentNet present value | | $34‚000 0 | XX | 5.53482 .50187 | == | ($188‚184)( 0)( 188‚184)( 200‚000)($ (11‚816) | The reduction in downtime would have to have a present value of at least $11‚816 in order for the project to be acceptable. BE12-5 Project A | | CashFlows | X | 9% DiscountFactor | = | PresentValue | | | | | | | | Present value of net annual cash flowsPresent value of salvage
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means maximization of economic welfare of its shareholders. Maximization of economic welfare means maximization of wealth of its shareholder’s wealth maximizations reflected in the market value of the firm’s shares. Experts believe that‚ the goal of financial management is attained when it maximizes the market value of shares. There are two versions of the goal of financial management of the firm-Profit Maximization and Wealth maximization. Let us now discuss the goals of financial management in datial
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2013 Team Members: 2013 Team Members: 1. Executive Summary A report with results of geological tests in the south of Argentina determined that the area explored seemed to be rich in oil. A cost-benefit analysis needed to be done to make an investment decision for production facilities to extract oil from the ground. Evaluating investment opportunities in emerging markets is a mix of art and science. Unlike CAPM for developed markets‚ there is no standard pricing model for
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Uniform Annual Equivalent (UAE) - A Capital Budgeting Method. (The evaluation of two mutually exclusive projects with varying lives requires careful examination of the existence of the reinvestment opportunities at the end of the different economic lives of the projects. The current article deals with a method that may be adopted in situations wherein the level of investments‚ the life of the projects and cash inflows (or outflows) are unequal.) Risk is inherent in almost every business decisions
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Question 1 (5 points) $50 today is worth MORE than $50 tomorrow. Your Answer Score Explanation True ✔ 5.00 Correct. You understand Time value of money. Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation We have assumed time value of money is positive. Question 2 (5 points) At an interest rate of 10% it is better to have $100 today than $120 in 2 years. Your Answer Score Explanation True ✔ 5.00 Correct; it is compounding! Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation All about compounding
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