Chapter 9 Cost of Capital 1. What is the WACC? a. Weighted Average Cost of Capital- most firms employ different types of capital‚ and because of their differences in risk‚ the difference securities have different required rates of return. Typically=debt‚ preferred stock and common equity. 2. What precautions must we take when measuring the WACC to use for capital budgeting decisions (future investment)? b. The company’s current and recent past book and market value structures
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TECH BUZZARD’s CAPITAL BUDGETING METHOD The type of capital budgeting preferred for Tech Buzzard is the Net Present Value method. The initial outlay of cash to get my firm started is low which makes the risk low. Tech Buzzard will start as a part time venture out of my home with very little of my own capital investment to lose. Never-the-less‚ I will use NPV as the primary analytical tool but I will also look that the IRR and Profitability Index for a more informed view of the payback period
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Capital Investment Decision Strayer University Graduate Accounting Capstone ACC-599 September 28‚ 2013 Professor: Dr. Mary Johnson Abstract The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act‚ signed into legislation in July of 2010‚ by President Barack Obama‚ as a result of the financial crisis that began in 2008‚ which resulted in massive failure of large financial institutions‚ threatening the financial stability of the U.S.‚ as well as the global economy (Dodd‚ C.
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS When a firm is seeking financing for a project it is usually a choice between additional debt financing or an additional equity issue‚ assuming internally generated funds are not sufficient. The chosen option of financing can make a difference to EPS (earnings per share )‚ which is an important investment analyst ratio. Example : Assume Cherokee Tire Co’s long term capitalization of $18 mill is as follows : Debt $5 mill @ 9 per cent.
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank1 and Vidhan K. Goyal2 First draft: March 14‚ 2003. Current draft: December 20‚ 2003. ABSTRACT This paper examines the relative importance of 38 factors in the leverage decisions of publicly traded U.S. firms from 1950 to 2000. The most reliable factors are median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book ratio (-)‚ collateral (+)‚ bankruptcy risk as measured by Altman’s Z-Score (-)‚ dividend-paying
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Introduction Gender preferences in hiring decisions is a very current subject. It has been proved that there is an inequity in salaries between men and women‚ and that men will more often occupy leadership positions than women. But does gender really has an influence in hiring decisions? In this paper one will try to investigate this. The first point will treat the different gender stereotypes. The second point will cover the three main factors that have an influence on hiring decisions and the effect
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Memo To: Beth Davies-Lowry‚ President of Intercoastal Electronics Company From: Student Date: February 20‚ 2011 Re: Budgeting Impacting Company’s Financial Statements Scope and Objective Intercoastal Electronics Company is excited about the upcoming year‚ and is ready to acquire new inventory equipment in order to process a streamline operation for their small‚ rapidly growing consumer electronics products base. The acquisition of new assets
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CAPITAL BUDGETING MEANING OF CAPITAL BUDGETING Capital budgeting is the making of long term planning decision for investment fixed assets and their financing. Capital budgeting decision is concerned with current investment that will pay for itself and yield an acceptable rate of return over its life span. Hampton (1992) defines capital budgeting as the decision making process by which firms evaluate the purchase of major fixed assets‚ including buildings‚ equipment. It also covers decisions to
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Capital Budgeting Introduction Capital budgeting is the process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are consistent with the firm’s goal of maximizing owner wealth. A firm using capital budgeting‚ their goal is to see if there fixed income will cover itself for profit. Fixed incomes are things such as land‚ plant and equipment. When a firm using a machine to produce its good or service. They most of the time what the machine to produce the amount that they paid for the machine
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Week 4 Discussion Question 1b Introduction Capital budgeting is one of the most crucial decisions the financial manager of any firm is faced with...Over the years the need for relevant information has inspired several studies that can assist firms to make better decisions. These models are assigned so that they make the best allocation of resources. Early research shows that methods such as payback model was more widely used which is basically just determining the length of time required for the
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