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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difficulty: Medium Solution: B All firms maximize value. 3. What is the market value of equity if next-period cash flow from operations and investment are $400‚000 and $200‚000‚ respectively‚ and k=15%? A. $173‚913 B. $347‚826 C. $175‚000 D. $359‚499 Level of difficulty: Medium Solution: A 4. What is the change in dividends if the firm adjusts dividends immediately? The target dividend is $4.50 and the prior-period dividend is $3. A. 0 B. – $1.50 C. $0.750 D. $1.50 Level of difficulty:
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The Basic Economic Problem What Economics is really about Scarcity Economics is a social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources Scarcity – an unlimited demand for limited resources There simply isn’t enough to go around What are some of the resources that you have? Economic Roles In the economy‚ there are two roles that are played out PRODUCER – also called manufacturers‚ suppliers‚ or sellers. CONSUMER – also called buyers or users Which are you? From the Producers’ Perspective
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decrease in supply‚ and the factors influencing the demand and supply. For example‚ the microeconomic concept analyzes why an increase in the number of pizza joints in one particular area would cause lower pizza prices in that area. PROBLEMS: The major economic problem is
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Basic Economic Problem Lord Robbins defines economics as a social science which studies between ends and scare means which have alternative uses. Ends- want Scare means- Limited resources Alternative uses- different Scarcity Humans being are greedy by nature. As such‚ there wants are unlimited or infinite. However the resources available in form of land‚ labour‚ capital and enterprise that are being use to produce goods and services are scare or unlimited. This give rise to the basic economic problem
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BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM Scarcity is one of the most basic economic problem that we faced. Why we run into scarcity because we are in a society with unlimited wants‚ but limited resources. Therefore‚ we have to choose‚ to make trade-offs. We have to efficiently allocate resources‚ and we have to do those things because resources are limited and cannot meet our own unlimited demands. Choice and opportunity cost are two basic concepts in economics. Because of scarcity‚ consumers‚ businesses and governments
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The Basic Economics Problem The highlighted sentence are copying from the textbooks Scarcity – the resources that are limited in supply so that people have to make choice to buy them. Free Goods - the resources that are unlimited in supply‚ like air and water on the earth. Economics Goods - the resources that are limited in supply and they are scarce. People have infinite needs and wants but there are limited resources on the earth‚ so that people have to make choice and have the trade-off
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The Basic Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice Tuesday‚ September 13‚ 2011 by Geoff Riley It is often said that the central purpose of economic activity is the production of goods and services to satisfy our changing needs and wants. The basic economic problem is about scarcity and choice. Every society has to decide: What goods and services to produce: Does the economy uses its resources to operate more hospitals or hotels? Do we make more iPhones and iPads or double-espressos? Does the
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Basic Derivative Problems 1. (Answers are in red) Select the family member who is offering the most diversification to the rest of the family. A. Dad works for General Motors C. Daughter works for Jiffy Lube 2. Assume that you purchase 100 shares of Jiffy‚ Inc. common stock at the bid-ask prices of $32.00-$32.50. When you sell the bid-ask prices are $32.50-$33.00. If you pay a commission rate of 0.5%‚ what is your profit or loss? A. $0 3. D. $32.50 loss B. $16.25 loss C.
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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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