Questions and Problems Page 1 of 3 Corporate Finance eBook 9/e Content Chapter8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuation Questions and Problems 1. Valuing Bonds What is the price of a 10-year‚ zero coupon bond paying $1‚000 at maturity if the YTM is: BASIC (Questions 1– 12) a. 5 percent? b. 10 percent? c. 15 percent? 2. Valuing Bonds Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Par: $1‚000 Time to maturity: 25 years Coupon rate: 7 percent Semiannual payments Calculate the price of
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Chapter 8 Integrative Problem Assume that you recently graduated with a major in finance‚ and you just landed a job in the trust department of a large regional bank. Your first assignment is to invest $100‚000 from an estate for which the bank is trustee. Because the estate is expected to be distributed to the heirs in approximately one year‚ you have been instructed to plan for a 1-year holding period. Furthermore‚ your boss has restricted you to the following investment alternatives‚ shown
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CHAPTER 8 STOCKS AND THEIR VALUATION (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Required return Answer: e Diff: E [i]. An increase in a firm’s expected growth rate would normally cause the firm’s required rate of return to a. Increase. b. Decrease. c. Fluctuate. d. Remain constant. e. Possibly increase‚ possibly decrease‚ or possibly remain unchanged. Required return Answer: d Diff: E [ii]
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CHAPTER 3 Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making Chapter Synopsis 3.1 Valuing Decisions When considering an investment opportunity‚ a financial manager must systematically compare the costs and benefits associated with the project in order to determine whether it is worthwhile. Determining the cash value today of the costs and benefits is one way to make such a comparison. In a competitive market‚ a good can be bought and sold at the same price‚ so the market price can be used to determine
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Problems: 8.1: Data for Newark General Hospital (In Millions of Dollar): | |Static Budget |Flexible Budget |Actual Result | |Revenues |4.7 |4.8 |4.5 | |Costs |4.1 |4.1 |4.2 | |Profits
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Chapter 8 1‚4‚5 1. Cray Research sold a super computer to the Max Planck Institute in Germany on credit and invoiced €10 million payable in six months. Currently‚ the six-month forward exchange rate is $1.10/€ and the foreign exchange advisor for Cray Research predicts that the spot rate is likely to be $1.05/€ in six months. (a) What is the expected gain/loss from the forward hedging? The expected gain from this sale can be figured by using this equation: 10‚000‚000(1
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Problems form Corporate Finance 1. Compute the following: Present Value | Years | Interest Rate | Future Value | $227‚382 | 20 | 5 | | | 16 | 17 | $886‚073 | $25‚000 | 18 | | $143‚625 | $1‚941 | | 5 | $3‚700 | 2. At 9 percent interest‚ how long does it take to double your money? To quadruple it? 3. In 2006‚ a gold $3 coin minted in 1879 was auctioned for $9.000. For this to have been true‚ what was the annual increase in the value of the coin? 4. You can earn 0
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CHAPTER 8 MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS Answers to Concept Questions 1. In this context‚ an opportunity cost refers to the value of an asset or other input that will be used in a project. The relevant cost is what the asset or input is actually worth today‚ not‚ for example‚ what it cost to acquire. 2. a. Yes‚ the reduction in the sales of the company’s other products‚ referred to as erosion‚ should be treated as an incremental cash flow. These lost sales are included because
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PROBLEM SET 5: INTEREST RATES‚ AMORTIZING LOANS‚ BOND VALUATION‚ STOCK VALUATION 1. A typical credit card agreement quotes an interest rate of 18 percent APR. Monthly payments are required. What is the actual interest rate you pay on such a credit card? 2. After carefully going over your budget‚ you have determined you can afford to pay €632 per month toward a new sports car. You call up your local bank and find out that the going rate is 1 percent per month for 48 months. How much you can borrow
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Chapter 4 15. For discrete compounding‚ to find the EAR‚ we use the equation: EAR = [1 + (APR / m)]m – 1 = .0719‚ or 7.19% EAR = [1 + (.07 / 4)]4 – 1 EAR = [1 + (.16 / 12)]12 – 1 = .1723‚ or 17.23% = .1163‚ or 11.63% EAR = [1 + (.11 / 365)]365 – 1 To find the EAR with continuous compounding‚ we use the equation: EAR = er – 1 EAR = e.12 – 1 = .1275‚ or 12.75% 23. Although the stock and bond accounts have different interest rates‚ we can draw one time line‚ but we need to remember to
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