Fin 3320 Practice Questions1 – Total Course 1. Your wealthy uncle has set up a special account that will give you $500‚000 on your 35th birthday. Assuming you are age 21 (thus 14 years from receiving this)‚ what is the present value of this gift if the appropriate discount rate is 8.0%? (Ch5) a. $170‚231 b. $282‚449 c. $442‚619 d. $191‚206 e. $734‚664 2. You need $10‚900 for the down payment on a new car. You presently have $5‚000 in savings for which you expect to earn 6% (annual rate‚ compounded
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be 13.487% and a Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to be at a value of 9.70%. Factoring in the WACC into our projections we found that if the demand maintains at an average rate the project will be at a positive Net Present Value of $5‚997‚505.31 with an IRR of 13.21%‚ a profitability index of 8.84‚ and an approximate payback period of 6.84 years. Please see Exhibits below for a snapshot of the capital budget and NPV values. This information seemed to be very promising for the project in
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Net Present Value‚ IRR‚ and the Payback Period Infomercial Entertainment‚ Inc. In the good of days—before cable TV‚ fax machines‚ and multimedia personal computers—the phrase‚"…and now a word from our sponsor…”usually meant just that‚ Television commercials were continued to thirty-and sixty—second messages‚ grouped together to occupy only two or three minutes of viewing time. Occasionally‚ if you stayed up late enough sitting in front of the tube‚ you’d see thirty minute segments on riveting topics
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SEAT NUMBER: ……….… ROOM: .………………. FAMILY NAME.………….....…………………………. This question paper must be returned. Candidates are not permitted to remove any part of it from the examination room. OTHER NAMES…………….…………………..…….. STUDENT NUMBER………….………..…………….. SESSION 2 EXAMINATIONS NOVEMBER 2012 Unit Code and Name: AFIN252‚ Applied Financial Analysis and Management Time Allowed: 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. Total Number of Questions: 50 Multiple Choice Questions plus 8 full response questions.
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Principles (GAAP). By using these concepts as the foundation‚ readers of financial statements and other accounting information do not need to make assumptions about what the numbers mean. For instance‚ the difference between reading that a truck has a value of $9000 on the balance sheet and understanding what that $9000 represents is huge. Can you turn around and sell the truck for $9000? If you had to buy the truck today‚ would you pay $9000? Or‚ perhaps the original purchase price of the truck was
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Table of Contents 1.1 Introduction 1.2 NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV) 1.3 ADVANTAGES OF NPV 1.4 DISADVANTAGES OF NPV 1.5 PAYBACK 1.6 Arguments in favour of payback 1.7 Debt vs Equity 1.8 Equity equals Ownership (Share Profits and Control) 1.9 Debt: Money You Owe 2.0 ADVANTAGES OF DEBT COMPARED TO EQUITY 2.1 DISADVANTAGES OF DEBT COMPARED TO EQUITY 2.2 Managerial Ownership and Agency Costs 2.3 Concentrated Ownership and Agency Costs 2.4 Debt and Agency Costs 2.5 PECKING ORDER THEORY OVERVIEW
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promptly recover its cost? b Will an investment generate an acceptable rate of return? c Will an investment have a positive net present value? d Will an investment have an adverse effect on the environment? 3 Which of the following is not considered when using the payback period to evaluate an investment? a The profitability of the investment over its entire life. b The annual net cash flow of the investment. c The cost of the investment. d The expected life of the investment. Use the following data
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GROUP ASSIGNMENT CASE 23: DANFORTH & DONNALLEY LAUNDRY PRODUCTS COMPANY Purpose of Meeting: To make capital budgeting decision with respect to the introduction and production of a new product‚ a liquid detergent called Blast. Need to consider what types and which cash flows should be included in capital budgeting analysis. D&D was producing and marketing two major product lines: 1. Lift-Off: Low –suds‚ concentrated powder. 2. Wave: Traditional powder detergent. Questions &
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decision-making process. The net present value method is one of the useful methods that help financial managers to maximize shareholders’ wealth. The capital budgeting decision mergers Acquisitions Net Present Value Financial managers are working for the shareholders and their primary goal is profit maximization in order to maximize the wealth of the company and the shareholders. The Capital budgeting decision focuses on the net present value method‚ the payback
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scholarship. What is the value of this scholarship if the payment wil be made of $50‚000 per year for the next 2 years‚ followed by payments of $25‚000 per year for the next two years. The appropriate interest rate is 8% per year 3. A level-coupon bond has par value of $1‚000 that pays $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. If the yield for similar bonds is currently 14%‚ what is the bond’s value? 4. You are thinking about investing in a $2‚000 face value bond which will mature in
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