Chapter 1 The Corporation Chapter Outline 1.1 The Four Types of Firms 1.2 Ownership Versus Control of Corporations 1.3 The Stock Market Copyright © 2007 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 1-2 Learning Objectives 1. List and define the four major types of firms in the U.S.; describe major characteristics of each type‚ including the means for distributing income to owners. 2. Distinguish between limited and unlimited liability‚ and list firm types that are subject
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a potentially perpetual life. * Transfer of ownership. It is easier to transfer ownership in a corporation through the sale of stock. The biggest disadvantage is the potential cost including more expansive record-keeping. Lecture 2 (chap 7+8) ACCOUNTING RATE OF RETURN Pros: * ARR provides an accounting measure of investment or project return Cons: * Doesn’t consider cash flows or market values * Ignores the timing of the earnings stream * Ignores risk differences
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Chapter 1 Note: the summaries at the end of each chapter are good study tools. Corporations A corporation is a permanent entity‚ legally distinct from its owners‚ who are called shareholders or stockholders. A corporation confers limited liability to its owners: shareholders cannot be held personally responsible for the corporations’ debts; they only stand to lose their investment. To incorporate‚ you work with a lawyer to prepare articles of incorporation‚ which set out the purpose of the
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CHAPTER 6 NET PRESENT VALUE AND OTHER INVESTMENT CRITERIA Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. Assuming conventional cash flows‚ a payback period less than the project’s life means that the NPV is positive for a zero discount rate‚ but nothing more definitive can be said. For discount rates greater than zero‚ the payback period will still be less than the project’s life‚ but the NPV may be positive‚ zero‚ or negative‚ depending on whether the discount rate is less than
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Corporate Finance Efficient Market Hypothesis Report Table of Content I. Introduction Page 3 II. Weak efficiency form Page 3-4 III. Semi-strong efficiency form Page 4-5 IV. Strong efficiency form Page 5-6 V. Implications of the efficient market hypothesis for investors Page 6 VI. Conclusion Page 6 VII. Bibliography Page7 I. Introduction In the book Corporate finance by Denzil Watson and Antony Head (2001)‚ Watson et al refers to a work by Dixon and Holmes (1992) which
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Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Two Questions: what investments should the corporation make and how should it pay for those investments? a. Investment decisions involve spending money and financing decisions involving raising money b. Concepts govern good financial decisions c. Financial managers value the shareholders’ investment opportunities outside their company because of the opportunity cost of capital contributed by shareholders d. All managers and employees need to pull together
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Problem 1:Input names of students from the user‚ terminated by ZZZ‚ andcreate a data file GRADES with records of the form:student (string)‚ test1 (integer)‚ test2 (integer)‚ test3 (integer)In this file‚ all test scores should be set equal to 0. Main Program Open GRADES Declare Name as String Call Write Grades Module Close GRADES End Main Module Write Grades Module Display "Enter Student’s Name‚ ZZZ to quit” Input Name While Name <> "ZZZ" Write Name to GRADES Write "0 0 0" to GRADES Write newline
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ABC’s capital expenditures and its financing 9 2.3. Comparison of ABC’s capital structure with similar companies 10 2.4. Characteristics of the company influencing the leverage policy 11 2.4.1. Tax advantage 11 2.4.2. Corporate tax rate 11 2.4.3. Earnings before tax and interest 11 2.4.4. Interest rate 11 2.4.5. Credit rating 12 2.5. Pecking order theory 13 2.6. Optimal capital structure 13 3.Dividend 14 3.1. Dividend policy
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Part I – Perfect capital markets‚ capital structure and cost of capital (15 points) GP Corp. has common stock with a market value of $200 million and riskless debt with a value of $100 million. Investors expect a 15% return on the stock and a 6% return on the debt. Assume perfect capital markets without any taxes. a) Suppose GP issues $100 million of new stock to buy back the debt. What is the expected return of the stock after this transaction? (4 points) b) Suppose instead GP issues $50 million
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CHAPTER 14 OPTIONS AND CORPORATE FINANCE Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. A call option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to buy an asset at a given price on or before a given date. A put option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to sell an asset at a given price on or before a given date. You would buy a call option if you expect the price of the asset to increase. You would buy a put option if you expect the price of the asset to decrease. A
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