Problem set 2 16-1. Gladstone Corporation is about to launch a new product. Depending on the success of the new product‚ Gladstone may have one of four values next year: $150 million‚ $135 million‚ $95 million‚ and $80 million. These outcomes are all equally likely‚ and this risk is diversifiable. Gladstone will not make any payouts to investors during the year. Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 5% and assume perfect capital markets. a. What is the initial value of Gladstone’s equity
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Corporate Finance Syllabus Spring 2009 Prof. Anna Scherbina UC Davis Graduate School of Management Office: 126 AOB IV Tel: 530.754.8076 e-mail: ascherbina@ucdavis.edu Course Focus We will explore how corporations make financial decisions through the analysis of Harvard Business School cases. Should a firm undertake a new investment opportunity‚ raise equity‚ acquire another firm‚ or conduct an IPO? How should small firms manage their working capital? How fast should a firm grow
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Minicase #17 Electronic Timing‚ Inc. Electronic Timing‚ Inc. (ETI)‚ is a small company founded 15 years ago by electronics engineers Tom Miller and Jessica Kerr. ETI manufactures integrated circuits to capitalize on the complex mixed-signal design technology and has recently entered the market for frequency timing generators‚ or silicon timing devices‚ which provide the timing signals or “clocks” necessary to synchronize electronic systems. Its clock products originally were used in PC video
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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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FORMULAS TIME VALUE OF MONEY PV (simple without compounding) = FV/1+r FV (simple without compounding) = PV (1+r) PV (compounding) = FV / (1+r)n FV (compounding) = PV (1+r)n PV (for monthly‚ daily or bi-annually basis) = FV / (1+r/m)n*m FV (for monthly‚ daily or bi-annually basis) = PV(1+r/m)n*m To find interest rate: FV = PV (1+r(?))n (FV and PV are given) APR (Annual Present Rate) = r * Total days in a year/given days In Excel: =RATE(n‚pmt‚PV) EAR (Effective Annual Rate)
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Corporate Business Finance Seminar 5 Project Finance Lauren Leigh Essaram 207507339 Ruvimbo Mukorera 206525531 27 September 2010 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the duly performed requirement of International Business Finance‚ School of Economics and Finance‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal Abstract Non-recourse financing has grown in popularity‚ especially in developing countries. It has done so more specifically in the basic infrastructure‚ natural resources and also in the energy
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Joanne Jackson June 1‚ 2011 Corporate Finance 620 M 600-950 Ch. 12 Mini Case A. Do you think Adam Lee should develop a strategic plan for the company? Why? What are the central elements of such a plan? What is the role of finance in a strategic plan? Yes. The goal of companies is to create more wealth for the owners and for financial managers to make their company more valuable and without well designed strategic and tactical plans in place it is impossible to do. The central
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the determinants of corporate investment‚ financing‚ hedging‚ payout‚ and executive compensation policies. The course will provide an analysis of the determinants of each policy as well as the implications for shareholder value. While the basic economic insights will be presented through simple examples‚ the course is quantitative in nature. Course material The reference textbook is Corporate Finance by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo‚ Pearson International Edition‚ 2nd Edition‚ (BDM hereafter).
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Week 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.4. Assignment 1a Due date: January 30‚ 2011 Instruction: Please submit your assignment as an attachment to my Blackboard E-mail by midnight on the due date Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile
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