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 Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2012 71303 Corporate Finance Final Examination Time allowed Three hours‚ plus 10 minutes to read this paper. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer all questions. Read each question carefully. Start each question on a new page. Show all of your workings. Mark allocation Question Part A Part B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cost of capital Risk and return Investment timing real option Capital structure Dividend policy 14 12 15 20 15 Total 100 Topic Multiple-choice
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the expected return on equity is 15% and the market value weight of equity is 2/3 while the expected return on debt is 6% with market value weight of 1/3. Therefore the firm’s pre-transaction WACC is 12% WACC (pre-transaction) = 2/3 * 15% + 1/3 * 6% = 10% + 2% = 12% a) (4 points) After the transaction GP will be all equity financed. The firm’s cost of equity the equals the WACC. As there are no taxes the firm’s WACC is independent of its capital structure and remains at 12%. WACC (post-transaction)
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Chapter 9. Risk and resturn: lessons from market history Two forms of return on investment in shares: 1. Dividend. When a company is profitable‚ some of the profit is divided amongst the shareholders. This part is the income component of your return. 2. Capital gain/loss. This is the initial worth of the equity minus the end-of-year worth of the equity. This is the second component of your return.(also reffered to a negativ/positive CG) The total monetary return is the sum of the
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ENOCH DADZIE MPIMWOOD SCHOOL: COVENTRY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: MBA-FINANCE STUDENT ID: COVBAF0513079 INTAKE: MAY 2013 COURSE ASSIGNMENT Wood.noon@gmail.com Contact: +233 244137533 The Dow Jones Industrial Average Brief Introduction The Dow Jones Industrial Average also called the‚ the Dow Jones Industrial‚ Dow‚ is a stock market index‚ and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. It was founded on May 26‚ 1896‚ and is now
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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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B6301: Corporate Finance Clarkson Lumber C C Co. Valuation Clarkson Valuation Navin Chopra 1 Clarkson‚ 1996 • At the beginning of 1996‚ company is entirely owned by Mr. Clarkson • Following tight funding during a period of good business performance‚ the company has obtained debt funding to payoff the trade credit‚ NP trade • While financials for the first quarter of 1996 are available‚ we will value the company as at the beginning of 1996/end of 1995 Clarkson Valuation
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ACCG927 CURRENT ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING & Corporate Governance Week 1 Introduction and Overview of Accounting Theories 1 Introduction • • • • • • • • • • About the unit Teaching and learning strategy Assessments In-class essays Essay writing workshop Research essay Turnitin requirements Oral team presentation Required readings Importance of written answers each week 2 The Nature of Accounting & Corporate Governance Theory • What is a theory? Kerlinger‚ 1964: "A set of interrelated
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Corporate Finance Syllabus Spring 2009 Prof. Anna Scherbina UC Davis Graduate School of Management Office: 126 AOB IV Tel: 530.754.8076 e-mail: ascherbina@ucdavis.edu Course Focus We will explore how corporations make financial decisions through the analysis of Harvard Business School cases. Should a firm undertake a new investment opportunity‚ raise equity‚ acquire another firm‚ or conduct an IPO? How should small firms manage their working capital? How fast should a firm grow
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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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