Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $662,692. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to 23,962 over the project's 7-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $95,309. The sausage system will save the firm $222,899 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $51,567. If the tax rate is 0.37 and the discount rate is 0.09, what is the total cash flow in year 7? (Make sure you enter the number with the appropriate +/- sign)

A firm is must choose to buy the GSU-3300 or the UGA-3000. Both machines make the firm’s production process more efficient which in turn increases incremental cash flows. The GSU-3300 produces incremental cash flows of $24,453.00 per year for 8 years and costs $100,693.00. The UGA-3000 produces incremental cash flows of $28,659.00 per year for 9 years and cost $125,955.00. The firm’s WACC is 9.72%. What is the equivalent annual annuity of the GSU-3300? Assume that there are no taxes.

Please round to 2 decimal places

With the growing popularity of casual surf print clothing, two recent MBA graduates decided to broaden this casual surf concept to encompass a “surf lifestyle for the home.” With limited capital, they decided to focus on surf print table and floor lamps to accent people’s homes. They projected unit sales of these lamps to be 8,700 in the first year, with growth of 5 percent each year for the next five years. Production of these lamps will require $52,000 in net working capital to start. The net working capital will be recovered at the end of the project. Total fixed costs are $112,000 per year, variable production costs are $25 per unit, and the units are priced at $55 each. The equipment needed to begin production will cost $192,000. The equipment will be depreciated using the straight-line method over a five-year life and is not expected to have a salvage value. The effective tax rate is 34 percent and the required rate of return is 30 percent.

What is the NPV of this project?

1. You own a portfolio of two stocks, O and Q. Stock O is valued at $4,000 and has an expected return of 10.5 percent. Stock Q has an expected return of 18.7 percent. What is the expected return on the portfolio if the portfolio total value is $5,000?

   		11.73 percent
   		10.92 percent
   		12.14 percent
   		13.03 percent

1. Cornel Co. has a beat of 1.4. If the risk-free rate is 3% and the market return is 12%, what is its cost of equity assume CAPM?

   		18.0%
   		16.5%
   		15.6%
   		17.6%

If the current one year spot rate is 1.45% and the current two year spot rate is 1.78%, what is the one year forward rate at the end of one year, assuming semi-annual compounding of spot rates and forward rates?

What is the price of the stock of company ABC is you know this will last for 10 years and will pay dividends for 8 years beginning at the end of year 3. The dividend will be a flat $1 pero year. The discount rate is 10%

Question 3

a. A 10-year 5% coupon bond has a yield of 8% and a duration of 7.85 years. If the bond yield increases by 60 basis points, what is the percentage change in the bond price?

b. Alpha Insurance Company is obligated to make payments of $2 million, $3 million, and $4 million at the end of the next three years, respectively. The market interest rate is 8% per annum.

i. Determine the duration of the company’s payment obligations.

ii. Suppose the company’s payment obligations are fully funded and immunized using both 6-month zero coupon bonds and perpetuities. Determine how much of each of these bonds the company will hold in the portfolio.

I want to ask B2 ii

The Clark Corporation desires to expand. It is considering a cash purchase of Kent Enterprises for $3.3 million. Kent has a $840,000 tax loss carryforward that could be used immediately by the Clark Corporation, which is paying taxes at the rate of 40 percent. Kent will provide $440,000 per year in cash flow (aftertax income plus depreciation) for the next 16 years. The discount rate is 13 percent. Use Appendix D as an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

a. Compute the net present value. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

b. Should the merger be undertaken?

• No

• Yes

The Wall Street Journal reported the following spot and forward rates for the Swiss franc ($/SF).

a. Was the Swiss franc selling at a discount or premium in the forward market?

• Discount

• Premium

b. What was the 30-day forward premium (or discount) percentage? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

c. What was the 90-day forward premium (or discount) percentage? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

d. Suppose you executed a 90-day forward contract to exchange 140,000 Swiss francs into U.S. dollars. How many dollars would you get 90 days hence?

e. Assume a Swiss bank entered into a 180-day forward contract with Bankers Trust to buy $140,000. How many francs will the Swiss bank deliver in six months to get the U.S. dollars? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Parramore Corp has $12 million of sales, $3 million of inventories, $4 million of receivables, and $2 million of payables. Its cost of goods sold is 75% of sales, and it finances working capital with bank loans at an 6% rate. Assume 365 days in year for your calculations. Do not round intermediate steps.

What is Parramore's cash conversion cycle (CCC)? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. = days

If Parramore could lower its inventories and receivables by 12% each and increase its payables by 12%, all without affecting sales or cost of goods sold, what would be the new CCC? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.= days

How much cash would be freed up, if Parramore could lower its inventories and receivables by 12% each and increase its payables by 12%, all without affecting sales or cost of goods sold? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. Write out your answer completely. For Example, 13.2 million should be entered as 13,200,000.= $

By how much would pretax profits change, if Parramore could lower its inventories and receivables by 12% each and increase its payables by 12%, all without affecting sales or cost of goods sold? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. Write out your answer completely. For Example, 13.2 million should be entered as 13,200,000.= $

General Meters is considering two mergers. The first is with Firm A in its own volatile industry, the auto speedometer industry, while the second is a merger with Firm B in an industry that moves in the opposite direction (and will tend to level out performance due to negative correlation).

a. Compute the mean, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation for both investments. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions. Round "Coefficient of variation" to 3 decimal places and "Standard deviation" to 2 decimal places.)
  

b. Assuming investors are risk-averse, which alternative can be expected to bring the higher valuation?
  

• Merger A

• Merger B

The Campbell Company is considering adding a robotic paint sprayer to its production line. The sprayer’s base price is $920,000, and it would cost another $20,000 to install it. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for $500,000. The MACRS rates for the first three years are 0.3333, 0.4445, and 0.1481. The machine would require an increase in net working capital (inventory) of $15,500. The sprayer would not change revenues, but it is expected to save the firm $304,000 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. Campbell’s marginal tax rate is 25%.

1. What is the Year-0 cash flow?

   Book Answer −$955,500.

2. What are the cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3?

   Book Answer $306,326, $332,458, $262,804.

3. What is the additional Year-3 cash flow (i.e., the after-tax salvage and the return of working capital)?

   Book Answer 407,759.50.

4. If the project’s cost of capital is 12%, what is the NPV?

Book answer is NPV = $60,331; Purchase.

The Wildcat Oil Company is trying to decide whether to lease or buy a new computer-assisted drilling system for its oil exploration business. Management has decided that it must use the system to stay competitive; it will provide $2.9 million in annual pretax cost savings. The system costs $7.7 million and will be depreciated straight-line to zero over 5 years. Wildcat's tax rate is 21 percent, and the firm can borrow at 6 percent. Lambert Leasing Company has offered to lease the drilling equipment to Wildcat for payments of $1.76 million per year. Lambert's policy is to require its lessees to make payments at the start of the year. a. What is the NAL for Wildcat? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) b. What is the maximum lease payment that would be acceptable to the company? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)