AF 3313 2011-12 Sem 2 Written Assignment Name: Shi Yu ID: 10821504d Tutor: Ho Ming Lawrence FUNG Q1: Definition of efficient market: The efficient market is defined as a market where competition among investors should work to eliminate all positive-NPV trading opportunities or‚ equivalently‚ that securities with equivalent risk should have the same expected return based on their future cash flows‚ given all information that is available to investors. Definition of arbitrage: It is
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Valuation models Discounted cash flow models: Dividend discount Free cash flow to the firm Residual income Multiples-based valuation: Price-earnings Value-EBITDA Value-EBIT Value-Sales Price-Book value Equity valuation In conjunction with the valuation of Coles Group‚ contained in “Excel03 Equity valuation” Real options valuation Equity markets price shares above the present value of expected future cash flows‚ due to the presence of embedded options not captured by DCF analysis Real
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Investment Decision-which real assets the firm should acquire.Choose positive and greatest NPV.value through CF Financing Decision- how to raise money needed for a firm’s investments in real assets. Choose capital structure to minimize cost of capital‚ maximize value of the firm. value through the cost of capital Valuation adjustments- Time‚ Risk‚ Inflation‚ LiquidityTruncated cash flows: (Time) receive $CFt each period until time T. Constant discount rate 10%. Investment of $100 in time 0. CFs of $22 in
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downturn to the already-risky airline industry. However‚ JetBlue was still able to deliver good performance despite the circumstances. It offered the lowest cost per available-seat-mile of any major US airlines. In order to support JetBlue’s growth plan and offset portfolio losses by its venture-capital investors‚ JetBlue wished to raise capital through initial public offering (IPO). The purpose of this report is to determine the appropriate JetBlue’s IPO price given the available data. The report
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Course : SNHU INT620 Quiz 2 Students Name: Zhou He 1. In class we discussed why the “Law of One Price” does not work. Name two reasons the law does not work. Because as following : 1.Goods don’t move without costs from country to country 2.Services are not tradable 3.Still subject to the law of supply and demand 2. Provide definitions for the following: a. Transaction exposure Transaction exposure measures changes in the value of outstanding financial obligations incurred to a change
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Session 1 Topics (Merger & Acquisitions/ Investment Appraisal /WACC) Lecture Question – (Q4) and (Q40) Seminar Question - (Q28) Support Class Question – (Q6) Revision Session 2 Topics (Finance Function / Portfolio Theory / Working capital management) Lecture Question – (Q24) & (Q10) Seminar Question - (Q36) Support Class Question - (Q23) Revision Session 3 Topics (Bond & Equity valuation / Rights Issue) Lecture Question – (Q12) & (Q43) Seminar Question - (Q26)
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Question 1 Overall‚ Starbucks’ performance has been mixed over the past six months. On April 13‚ 2012‚ its stock price reached a high of $61.67 per share and closed at $57.37 per share. Since April‚ the price of Starbucks’ stock fell on average in the following closing months of May and June before reaching a low of $43.16 in the opening days of August. The fall was correlated with the release of Starbucks’ third quarter annual report‚ which showed a less-than-expected performance for that quarter;
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comfortable with another competitor that shares a geographical location‚ and many times‚ the same markets. Competition is a given concept that each business will become familiar with eventually. Changing the manufacturing process‚ cutting excessive costs‚ and changing the practice of business will benefit an organization to become more competitive within its market. Changing the business plan is a common theme when faced with enormous business challenges. This is one technique that may assist‚ grow
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Board of Directors Boeing is currently operating with the majority market share of the commercial sector of aircraft manufacturing. Frank Shrontz‚ our CEO‚ has recently stated his goal to increase the company’s return on equity from its current average of 12%. The following summary will delve into the most appealing project for the future of this firm: the 777 aircraft. The purpose of this new product is to maintain our competitive advantage in commercial airline production by completing a family
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The Boeing 7E7 Team 14 Constantine Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea October 15th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 1 Cost of Equity 1 Equity Market Risk Premium 1 Beta 2 Risk Free Rate 2 Capital Structure Weights 2 Boeing 7E7 Project Evaluation 4 Circumstances for an economically attractive project 4 Market Demand 4 Market Share 4 Sensitivity Analysis 4 Conclusion 7 Board approval for the project? 7 Appendices 7 Appendix
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