Issues 1. Explain why an individual investor might want to invest in an international growth fund? 2. Describe the risk associated with making an investment in an international growth fund. Identify the risks that would be common to domestic an international funds‚ and those risk that would be unique to an international fund. 3. Discuss how the fact that foreign companies are not subject to the same accounting‚ auditing‚ and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. companies poses
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Bose Plc has developed a design for a new I-Pod Docking Station‚ and is considering whether it is viable to produce the product as a replacement for its existing product whose popularity has decreased in the last year. The company publishes its financial accounts at 31st December 2012‚ and today is 1st January 2012. As the financial manager of the business you have been provided with the following information: 1. The machinery required to produce the station will cost £100million today. The project
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Principles of Finance HW# 1 Question# 1-1: If you bought a share of stock‚ what would you expect to receive‚ when would you expect to receive it‚ and would you be certain that your expectations would be met? Answer: If I bought a share of stock‚ I would expect to receive a share of the company. Meaning either to vote in the company or receive paid dividends‚ depending on if I purchased common or preferred stock. I would expect to receive my share instantly. I would not be certain that my expectations
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Chapter One LG1 - Define finance and the managerial finance function. Finance is the science and art of managing money. Managerial finance: Raise money‚ invest money‚ and distribute money. LG2 - Describe the legal forms of business organization. A sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person and operated for his or her own profit. (73%) A partnership is business owned by two or more people and operated for profit. (7%) A corporation is an entity created by law. Corporations have
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Overview of Relevant Formulas Corporate Finance (B40.2302) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Present value of $1 to be received after t years at discount rate r: 2. Present value of annuity of $1 per year for t years at discount rate r: $1 (1 + r )t ⎡1 − (1 + r ) − t ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ × $1 r ⎣ ⎦ 1 ⎡ (1 + g )t ⎤ 3. Present value of growing annuity of $1 at rate g per year at discount rate r: ⎢1 − ⎥ × $1 r − g ⎣ (1 + r )t ⎦ $1 r 4. Present value
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Chapter 10 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 retained earnings are not free and use three approaches to estimate the component cost of retained earnings. • Briefly explain why the cost of new equity is higher than the cost of retained earnings‚ calculate the
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Advance Questions for Case 10: Deluxe Corporation In July 2002‚ an investment banker advising Deluxe Corporation must prepare recommendations for the company’s board of directors regarding the firm’s financial policy. Some special considerations are the mix of debt and equity‚ maintenance of financial flexibility‚ and the preservation of an investment-grade bond rating. Complicating the assessment are low growth and technological obsolescence in the firm’s core business. The purpose is to recommend
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Student MT480-01: Corporate Finance Unit Nine: Assignment Date Assignment: Complete the following exercises and problems from the textbook. Some problems ask multiple questions; be sure to answer every part of the exercise or problem unless otherwise noted * Chapter 28: Practice Questions 2‚ 10‚ 11‚ and 13 * Chapter 34: Practice Questions 2‚ 3‚ and 7 Chapter 28: 2. Table 28.1 shows the 90-day forward rate on the South African rand. a. Is the dollar at a forward discount
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House Building Finance Company Limited (HBFCL) Introduction: The House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) was established in the year 1952 as a Statutory Federal Body with the object of providing financial assistance for construction and purchase of houses to the people of Pakistan in urban as well as rural areas. With its establishment‚ the concept of institutionalized housing finance was introduced for the first time in Indo-Pak sub-continent for providing long term finance for house building
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Principles of Banking and Finance: Single Cashflow 1. Present Value (PV) * the value on a given date of a payment or series of payments made at other times (past or future) * Discounting from the future * Value at t=0 on a given time line (“t” is the period‚ ranging from 0 to n where “n” being the last period). * Net Present Value (NPV): PV after deducting all the costs 2. Future Value (FV) * The amount to which a specific sum and /or series of payments will grow on a given
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