Capital Budgeting Luz A comas Strayer University Professor: Michael Hamuicka Financial Management – FIN 534 05/02/2011 Abstract Capital budgeting is one of the most important areas of financial management. There are several techniques commonly used to evaluate capital budgeting projects namely the payback period‚ accounting rate of return‚ present value and internal rate of return and profitability index. Recent studies highlight that financial managers worldwide favor
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CASE: Managing Offshore Investments: Who’s Currency?1 The Offshore Investment Fund (OIF) was incorporated in Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ for the sole purpose of allowing U.S. shareholders to invest in Maltese securities. The Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The custodian of the Fund is the Shady Rest Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut (“Shady Rest”)‚ which keeps the accounts of the Fund. The question very quickly arose as to the currency in which the books of the fund were to be
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of the debt tax shields and less likely to verge on bankruptcy‚ and thus may consider using more debt in their capital structure. Do you think UST Inc. would benefit from this transaction? Between 1988 to 1998‚ UST has enjoyed excellent financial performance. The firm has posted continuous increase in sales‚ earnings and cash over the entire period with a 10 year compound growth rates of 9%‚ 11% and 12% respectively. Most noticeably‚ the firm has also maintained margins with average gross profit‚
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disruptor to its own sector is gaining momentum‚ and a new major investment suggests that big auto finance actors are not afraid of making the switch from hunted to hunter. In another disruptor-disrupted role-inversion‚ Ford announced a investment $182.2 in Pivotal today‚ a San Francisco-headquartered and cloud-based software platform firm‚ in a bid to enhance its software development capabilities to quicken the return on innovative projects. This represents Ford’s concerted efforts to bifurcate into
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The Investment Detective Case We can use normal investment to calculate the data‚ but we also can do it as reinvestment to invest every project for the same years. For every question‚ I will give answers for both normal investment and reinvestment. 1. We can rank the projects simply by the cash flow data. Normal investment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project number 3 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 Cash flow 8000 2150 200 1310 2200 560 1561 165 Reinvestment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting is done because companies need to make Acceptance/rejection decisions for buying fixed assets etc. Features of fixed assets : Investments upfront and returns take a long time. Risk is long term Expenses are indivisible and lumpy Ex. If HUL wants to put up a synthetic detergent plant of 50 cr. Rs. -> by spending 25 Cr. Rs.‚ the plant wont be operational at half the capacityS The Capex decisions are irreversible Projected P&L : Less Sales Raw Materials
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The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: An Investment Itself? “Race is a cultural construct‚ but one with deadly social causes and consequences” (Lipsitz 2). In his book‚ The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit From Identity Politics‚ George Lipsitz argues that it is in the best interest of white Americans to “invest in whiteness‚ to remain true to an identity that provides them with resources‚ power‚ and opportunity (Lipsitz vii).” Lipsitz’s book gives a substantial
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Actores principales: • John Liedtke‚ Jefe de desarrollo de negocios para Active Gear. • Active Gear‚ compañía fundada en 1965 dedicada a la producción y comercialización de calzado deportivo en las líneas de alta tecnología para el tenis y golf‚ que luego pasó a la línea casual. • West Coast Fashion‚ compañía diseñadora de ropa. • Mercury Athletic‚ división de calzado deportivo de West Coast Fashion Puntos relevantes: En marzo de 2007‚ Active Gear está contemplando una oportunidad de
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Report on Capital Budgeting Abstract This report deals with • The nature of capital investment appraisal • The techniques available for evaluating capital investments • The limitations of these techniques • The capital budgeting practices in select countries Introduction: Some of the major responsibilities of top management are in the area of long range planning. Allocating resources to competing uses is one of the most important decisions a manager has to make. Executives are constantly
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Cost of Capital Firms need to make capital investment i.e.‚ purchasing fixed assets such as factories‚ machineries‚ equipment‚ etc. After deciding what capital investments to make‚ they need to decide on the financing – sources of capital. The sources: Long-Term Debt‚ Common Stock‚ Preferred Stock and Retained Earnings. Then they need to find the cost of obtaining each source of financing today (not historical). Cost of Capital - The rate of return that a firm must earn on its investment projects
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