Lecture 1: The advantages of forming a corporation are: * Reduction of personal liability. A sole proprietor has unlimited liability * Taxes. Forming a corporation may mean that more expenses can be considered business expenses and be deducted from the company’s income. * Improved credibility. The business may have increased credibility in the business world compared to a sole proprietorship. * Ability to attract investment. Corporations can raise capital through the sale of equity
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The main goal of a finance manager is maximizing of wealth rather than maximizing profit--measuring wealth or value is by cash flows and not accounting profits. This goal must be constantly in mind when making investments‚ financing these investments‚ and funding the company’s day-to-day operations. The total value of the firm can be increased by pushing up the price or market value of the existing shareholders’ ordinary shares. Investors react to poor investment decisions or poor financing decisions
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capability of the machine over time. By reinvesting 20% of the annual cost savings back into new machine parts‚ the engineers can increase the cost savings at a 4% annual rate. For example‚ at the end of year one‚ 20% of the $5‚000 cost savings ($1‚000) is reinvested in the machine; the net cash flow is thus $4‚000. Next year‚ the cash flow from cost savings grows by 4% to $5‚200 gross‚ or $4‚160 net‚ of the 20% reinvestment. As long as the 20% reinvestment continues‚ the cash flows continue to
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Chapter 06 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Multiple Choice Questions 1. An ordinary annuity is best defined by which one of the following? A. increasing payments paid for a definitive period of time B. increasing payments paid forever C. equal payments paid at regular intervals over a stated time period D. equal payments paid at regular intervals of time on an ongoing basis E. unequal payments that occur at set intervals for a limited period of time 2. Which one of the following
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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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There is nothing like optimum capital structure for a firm. The Optimal Capital structure is that Capital Structure at which the weighted Average cost of capital (Ko) is Minimum. It is that combination of Equity and Debt at which the total cost of capital is mini-mum. Trade-off theory argues that there ’s an optimal amount of debt of each firm. At this level of debt‚ firms can take the most advantage of debts. Debts can be tax shield so that they can save money for firms to reinvest in
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30 PMT =? Fv = 1‚350‚000 Type = blank PMT = $9‚416.15 $9‚416.15 is the amount required for 30 annual deposits with an 8% compound interest to yield $90‚000 for 15 years. 2. If a lump sum amount is deposited on my 35th birthday‚ then the principle will be compounded for 31 years. Calculation Using the compound interest formula A = P (1+r/n) nt Where; A = final amount‚ P = principal‚ r = interest rate n = number of times the interest is compounded per year and t = number of years P=
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Trident University Curtis L. Wooten FIN301 – Principles of Finance MOD2 Case – Present Value Professor Kathryn Woods 10 June 2013 Part I A. 15‚000 / 1.07% = 14‚018‚69 15‚000/1.04% = 14‚423.07 B. 6‚500/1.06% = 61‚320.75 12‚600/1.06% = 11886.792/1.06% = 11‚213.95 C. 49‚000‚000 / 1.07% = 45‚794‚392.52 61‚000‚000 / 1.07% = 57‚009‚345 / 1.07% = 53‚279‚762.42 85‚000‚000 / 1.07% = 79‚439‚252.33 / 1.07% = 74‚242‚291.90 / 1.07% = 69‚385‚319.53 49‚000‚000 / 1.05% = 46‚666‚666.67
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Part 1: Fianacial Ratios After having the financial information about Deep water experts company‚ we have generated the financial ratios for the company for the years 2010‚ 2011 respectively as below and has the following comments: Liquidity: There is more than one ratio that measures the liquidity for a company which is included in the following table: Ratio Type | 2011 | 2010 | Liquidity | Current Ratio | 3.29 | 2.67 | Quick Ratio | 2.2 | 1.798 | Cash Ratio | 1.56 | 1.08 |
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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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