Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear 1. What role did Bear’s culture play in its positioning vis-à-vis its competitors‚ and what role might that culture have played in its demise? Bear Stearns played a risky role with the promise of high returns. Bear was participating in the LTCM and created a bubble. Bear’s competitors recognized and hedged against risk by participating in the buyout while Bear Stearns ignored the bullish market. Other banks hired both externally as well
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RELEVANT TO ACCA QUALIFICATION PAPER F9 Studying Paper F9? Performance objectives 15 and 16 are relevant to this exam ADVANCED INVESTMENT APPRAISAL Investment appraisal is one of the eight core topics within Paper F9‚ Financial Management and it is a topic which has been well represented in the F9 exam. The methods of investment appraisal are payback‚ accounting rate of return and the discounted cash flow methods of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). For each of these
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questions‚ including; What long-term investments should the firm undertake (capital budgeting) and how will investment and finance decisions affect the firm ’s value (valuation)? How can cash be raised for the required investments? This is known as the financing decision ’ (cost of capital‚ capital structure and leasing). How will the firm manage its day-to-day cash and financial affairs (short-term financing and net working capital)? The Capital Budgeting Mini Case presents a financial
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$168 million of Restructuring and special charges in 1992 Stakeholders •Absolute vs Relative priority •Secured claims ($159 million) prefer a low a value •Senior unsecured claims ($88 million) •12.5% junior debtholders‚ 9% debtholders •Junior Debt: 12.5% & 9% Debt ($40 & 16 million) •vultures purchased $16 million at 80-85% off face value •equity: likely wiped out including ESOP •management •cramdown
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FIN3101 Corporate Finance Practice Questions Topic: Capital Budgeting 1. Marsh Motors has to choose one of two new machines. Machine 1 costs $180‚000‚ has a 3 year life and EBIT of $108‚750 per year. Machine 2 costs $360‚000‚ has a life of 6 years and EBIT of $122‚875 per year. Assume straight line depreciation over the life of the machine. Marsh is a levered firm with a debt equity ratio of 0.40. The beta of equity is 1.125 while the beta of debt is 0.25. The market risk premium is 8 percent
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Activity 8-9: Evaluate an acceptable use policy. Learn whether the organization where you work or attend school has an acceptable computer use policy for employees or students. Make a list of activities that are permitted and those that are not permitted. Identify on your list those activities that are illegal and those that are not permitted according to organizational policy. Compare your organization’s computer use policy with the University of Oregon’s policy referenced in the chapter. Describe
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INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture capital industry. However the success
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allows you to do a basic capital budgeting analysis for a project‚ and compute NPV‚ IRR and ROI. (For Macintosh version) 2. risk.xls: This program allows you to use past returns on a stock and a market index to analyse its price performance (Jensen’s Alpha)‚ its sensitivity to market movements (Beta) and the proportion of its risk that can be attributed to the market.(For Macintosh version) 3. capstru.xls: This program allows you to estimate an "Optimal" Capital structure for a company using
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Barney Grajeda Written Assignment 2 2. List five input devices and three output devices that might be attached to a personal computer. Describe a typical use for each? Input devices include: keyboard used for typed user input mouse used for point-and-click user input microphone used for voice and audio input scanner used for image input (scanning images) modem used for file transfer input (downloading files) Output devices include: speakers used for audio output monitor used to display
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Question a What is capital budgeting? Are there any similarities between a firm’s capital budgeting decisions and an individual’s investment decisions? Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing potential additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is very important to firm’s future because of the fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. The firm’s capital budgeting process is very much same as those of individual’s investment decisions. There are some steps
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