expected to persist in the future. The company uses the CAPM to calculate its cost of equity‚ and its target capital structure consists of common stock‚ preferred stock‚ and debt. Which of the following events would REDUCE its WACC? a. The market risk premium declines. b. The flotation costs associated with issuing new common stock increase. c. The company’s beta increases. d. Expected inflation increases. e. The flotation costs associated with issuing preferred stock increase. __c__ 2. Duval Inc
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Objective: Explain how financial markets work in the United States. 2. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a private placement (as compared to a public offering)? 1. Greater financing flexibility 2. Lower flotation costs 3. Lower interest costs 4. Quicker availability of funds Objective: Assess the role of ethics and compliance in the finance environment. 3. Which of the following is a characteristic of an efficient market? 1. Small number of individuals.
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3. 1.4. Company Business Overview Macro-Evironment & Industry SWOT Analysis Porter’s Five Forces Section 2: Business & Strategy Risks / Financing Requirements Section 3: Main Objectives of the Financial Policy Section 4: Financial Flexibility – Cost of Capital Section 5: Is Deluxe’s Current Debt Level Appropriate ? Section 6: FRICTO Analysis Section 7: Conclusion - Recommendations 2 Section 1: DELUXE Corporation 1.1. Company Business Overview Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX) is
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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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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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Examination Information This is a three hour closed book written examination‚ worth 70% towards your final grade. The examination will contain 6 questions‚ covering computational and discursive aspects of the syllabus. You will be required to answer a compulsory question of 40 marks in section A and 3 questions from 5 optional questions in section B. Question in section B are worth 20 marks each. Note that a greater depth of knowledge than in the in-class test will be required to gain reasonable
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Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that oversees and manages various subsidiary companies (Berkshire Hathaway‚ 2011). The current members of the Board of Directors are Warren Buffett‚ Charlie Munger‚ Walter Scott Jr.‚ Thomas Murphy‚ Howard Graham Buffett‚ Ronald Olson‚ Donald Keough‚ Charlotte Guyman‚ David Gottesman‚ Bill Gates‚ Stephen Burke‚ and Susan Decker (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2011). The primary job of the Board of Directors is to see that the
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requires knowledge of the long-term growth rate‚ operating margin‚ weighted average cost of capital‚ discount rate and reinvestment rate. This makes using discounted cash flows especially difficult young companies. The discounted cash flow‚ in Exhibit #1 below‚ shows an imputed value of $109 per share versus the current market price of $246 per share. This calculation is based on an industry average weighted average cost of capital of 10% and a discount rate of 4%. However the key point is that the
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Techniques in Finance & Valuation 1 What is Valuation? Valuation: Methods of quantifying how much money something should be exchanged for today‚ considering future benefits. We will teach 4 valuation methods Trading Comparables Transaction Comparables Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Analysis (DCF) $ 2 Why is Valuation important? Acquisitions: How much should we pay for the company? Divestitures: How much should we sell our company for? Sell-side Research: Should our clients
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..................................................................................... 2 Enterprise Valuation ....................................................................................................................... 2 The Weighted Average Cost of Capital Approach ......................................................................... 2 The Adjusted Present Value Approach........................................................................................... 4 The Capital Cash Flow
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