Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge all the help we have received from our lecturer in collecting the data and using the cases. Besides‚ every member in our group is contributed in completing the report averagely. Abstract: Investment appraisal techniques are adopted to assess whether or not capital expenditure on a particular project will be profitable. This report is able to present the weakness and strength of the techniques according to the wind turbine system project of McCain
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Chapter 14 Capital Structure in a Perfect Market 14-1. Consider a project with free cash flows in one year of $130‚000 or $180‚000‚ with each outcome being equally likely. The initial investment required for the project is $100‚000‚ and the project’s cost of capital is 20%. The risk-free interest rate is 10%. a. What is the NPV of this project? b. Suppose that to raise the funds for the initial investment‚ the project is sold to investors as an all-equity firm. The equity holders will receive
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public finance is the study of the financial activities of governments and public authorities. divided into three categories: a - Knowing what activities the public sector engages in and how these are organized (that is‚ revenue gathering and expenditures) b - Understanding and foreseeing the full consequences of these governmental activities c - Evaluating alternative policies. The positive side describes the activities of the public sector‚ explains the reasons of the programs in existence and
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Study notes By Zhipeng Yan Corporate Finance Stephen A. Ross‚ Randolph W. Westerfield‚ Jeffrey Jaffe Chapter 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance ..................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Accounting Statements and Cash Flow.............................................................. 3 Chapter 3 Financial Markets and NPV: First Principles of Finance................................... 6 Chapter 4 Net Present Value....................................
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A Comparison of Capital Budgeting Techniques Capital budgeting deals with setting the criteria and prescribing the process required for making capital investment choices. Choosing an investment project‚ that is‚ making a capital investment choice is ultimately a cost/benefit analysis. It requires valuing the project by comparing the payoff to its costs. Problem Value‚ rank and select investment projects Example 1. Project A Required rate year 1: year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 Initial
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the 20% reinvestment. As long as the 20% reinvestment continues‚ the cash flows continue to grow at 4% in perpetuity What should Rainbow Products do? 4. Using the internal rate of return (IRR)‚ which proposal(S) do you recommend? 5. Using the net present value rule (NPV)‚ which proposal(s) do you recommend? 6. How do you explain any difference between the IRR and NPV rankings? Which rule is better? 7. Which of the four subsidy plans would you recommend to the city if the appropriate discount
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Company has a separate legal entity from its members‚ can sue or be sued on its own behalf. As illustrated in Foss v Harbottle (1843)‚ the proper plaintiff is the company itself. In other words‚ directors have the power to decide whether or not to sue in protection of the company. However‚ very often‚ the persons who commit misconduct are the major controller of the company and improbable to permit the company to sue. A common law right is therefore reserved for shareholders to sue the wrongdoers
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be sold. This process produces lots of waste water‚ which poisonous properties‚ which is being dumped into nearby streams‚ which then flow onto the land of downstream ranches‚ severely damaging the land. Discuss this problem using the tools of public finance and propose two solutions‚ one involving taxes and the other involving property rights. In Montana‚ there are some large deposits of water containing dissolved methane (fossil fuel). It is possible to pump this water out of the ground and release
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Financial Management Assignment (10 Sep‚ 2012) ------------------------------------------------- Ch. 5: 1 (a-e)‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 15 ------------------------------------------------- FM1 Takumi KAWAI‚ Pham NGUYEN‚ Yang CHEN‚ Bi CHAO #1 a. What is the payback period on each of the following projects? Payback period: A 3 years‚ B 2 years‚ C 3years b. Given that you wish to use the payback rule with a cutoff period of two years‚ which projects would you accept? “B” Only B meetsthe
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Consider a project to produce solar water heaters. It requires a $10 million investment and offers a level after-tax cash flow of $1.75 million per year for 10 years. The opportunity cost of capital is 12 percent‚ which reflects the project’s business risk. Suppose the project is financed with $5 million of debt and $5 million of equity. The interest rate is 8 percent and the marginal tax rate is 35 percent. The debt will be paid off in equal annual installments
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