Mr. Sam Golff desires to invest a portion of his assets in rental property. He has narrowed his choices down to two apartment complexes, Palmer Heights and Crenshaw Village. After conferring with the present owners, Mr. Golff has developed the following estimates of the cash flows for these properties. Palmer Heights - Yearly After-tax Cash Inflow (in thousands)/Probability: $40/.2, 45/.2, 60/.2, 75/.2, 80/.2; Crenshaw Village - Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow (in thousands)/Probability: $45/.4, 50/.2, 60/.1, 70/.3. a. Find the expected cash flow from each apartment complex. (Enter your answers in thousands (e.g, $10,000 should be entered as "10").) b. What is the coefficient of variation for each apartment complex? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) c. Which apartment complex has more risk?
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Treynor Pie Company is a food company specializing in
high-calorie snack foods. It is seeking to diversify its food
business and lower its risks. It is examining three companies—a
gourmet restaurant chain, a baby food company, and a nutritional
products firm. Each of these companies can be bought at the same
multiple of earnings. The following represents information about
all the companies.
Company | Correlation with Treynor Pie Company |
Sales ($ millions) |
Expected Earnings ($ millions) |
Standard Deviation in Earnings ($ millions) |
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Treynor PieCompany | + | 1.0 | $ | 197 | $ | 9 | $ | 4.0 | ||||||
Gourmet restaurant | + | .6 | 64 | 4 | 1.3 | |||||||||
Baby food company | + | .3 | 54 | 2 | 1.8 | |||||||||
Nutritionalproducts company | − | .7 | 75 | 3 | 3.2 | |||||||||
a-1. Compute the coefficient of variation for each
of the four companies. (Enter your answers in millions
(e.g., $100,000 should be entered as ".10"). Round your answers to
3 decimal places.)
a-2. Which company is the least risky?
Nutritional products company | |
Treynor Pie Company | |
Baby food company | |
Gourmet restaurant |
a-3. Which company is the most risky?
Baby food company | |
Treynor Pie Company | |
Nutritional products company | |
Gourmet restaurant |
b. Which of the acquisition candidates is most
likely to reduce Treynor Pie Company's risk?
Nutritional products company | |
Gourmet restaurant | |
Baby food company |
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Describe data validation, absolute cell referencing, custom formatting, naming a range in Excel. Why is this important for financial modeling? Use examples.
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Mr. Sam Golff desires to invest a portion of his assets in
rental property. He has narrowed his choices down to two apartment
complexes, Palmer Heights and Crenshaw Village. After conferring
with the present owners, Mr. Golff has developed the following
estimates of the cash flows for these properties.
Palmer Heights |
||||||
Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow (in thousands) |
Probability | |||||
$ | 120 | .2 | ||||
125 | .2 | |||||
140 | .2 | |||||
155 | .2 | |||||
160 | .2 | |||||
Crenshaw Village |
||||||
Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow (in thousands) |
Probability | |||||
$ | 125 | .2 | ||||
130 | .3 | |||||
140 | .4 | |||||
150 | .1 | |||||
a. Find the expected cash flow from each apartment
complex. (Enter your answers in thousands (e.g, $10,000
should be enter as "10").)
b. What is the coefficient of variation for each
apartment complex? (Do not round intermediate calculations.
Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
c. Which apartment complex has more risk?
Palmer Heights | |
Crenshaw Village |
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Machine A: This project costs $10 million. The expected net cash flows are $4 million per year for 4 years, when is to be replaced. Machine B: It costs $15 million, and has expected cash flows of $3.5 per year for 8 years, when it will be replaced. The cost of capital is 10%. Machine prices are expected to stay steady as production efficiencies are expected to offset inflation. Evaluate these projects. a. Calculate NPV, IRR, Replacement Chain, and Equivalent Annual Annuity. b. Which project should be company accept?
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Debby’s Dance Studios is considering the purchase of new sound
equipment that will enhance the popularity of its aerobics dancing.
The equipment will cost $33,600. Debby is not sure how many members
the new equipment will attract, but she estimates that her
increased annual cash flows for each of the next five years will
have the following probability distribution. Debby’s cost of
capital is 11 percent. Use Appendix D for an approximate answer but
calculate your final answers using the formula and financial
calculator methods.
Cash Flow | Probability | ||||||
$ | 4,050 | .3 | |||||
5,080 | .3 | ||||||
8,390 | .2 | ||||||
9,810 | .2 | ||||||
a. What is the expected value of the cash flow?
The value you compute will apply to each of the five years.
b. What is the expected net present value?
(Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do
not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2
decimal places.)
c. Should Debby buy the new equipment?
Yes | |
No |
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HT Tool Co is considering the purchase of a new CNC milling machine to enhance the quality of its custom fabrication services. This project is not expected to change sales, but should save the firm in labor costs. The annual labor savings is expected to be $74,350 (before tax) but the machine will use more electrical power, which is expect to cost $2,400 each year. The machine costs $145,000. It will require $21,000 in modifications to support the needs of HT Tool. An increase in inventory (net working capital) of $5,150 will be necessary. The machine will be depreciated using MACRS with a 3-year class life (half-year convention). The firm’s tax rate is 35%. The plan is to sell the machine after 3 years and the expected selling price then is estimated at $65,000. The hurdle rate for this project is 10.5% Begin with a blank unused worksheet and show your setup: a. What is the initial investment of this project? (Year 0 net cash flow). b. What are the net operating cash flows for years 1, 2, and 3? c. What is the terminal (NOT operating) cash flow in year 3? d. What are the NPV and IRR for this project? e. Should be accepted?
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Issuer:
Environmental Technologies Corporation
Standard and Poor
rating:
AA
Par
value:
$100,000
Coupon
rate:
7% per annum
Coupon
payment:
Paid semiannually
Maturity
date:
Ten years – December 31, 2026
A) What is the dollar amount of the coupon payment every six
months? _______________
B) Is the coupon payment a fixed or variable rate?
____________
C) Is this bond investment grade? (Yes or No)
________________
D) What amount is Environmental Technologies Corporation promising
to pay investors at maturity? ______________.
E) If you invested in this bond, are you permitted to sell it
before maturity? (Yes or No) _____________.
F) Environmental Technologies Corporation’s bond is not callable. If Conservation Services Corporation sold a bond that was like the Environmental Technologies Corporation bond in every respect, except that the Conservation Services Corporation bond had a call provision, which bond would need to offer investors a higher yield? _____________________________________________________________
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Stock options are a popular way for large, publicly held companies to compensate managers and executives. Frequently, the value of stock options granted to executives can result in millions of dollars of additional compensation to executives already earning high six and seven figure salaries. Why do companies favor stock options to compensate executives? Do you see any potential problems with such a compensation program? Explain. Do you think that there should be limits on such compensation? Why or why not?
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2. Brett has contract that will pay him $10,000 at the end of 5 years. Brett wants money now and not in 5 years, so he is willing to have contract signed over to you (so you would receive that money) if you give him some money today. If you require a 12% interest rate on money you lend to friends. What is the maximum amount you would you be willing to pay for this contract
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Explain how real options how can be used to inform decisions to reduce the impact of exogenous shocks on the enterprise
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Lakonishok Equipment has an investment opportunity in Europe. The project costs €12 million and is expected to produce cash flows of €2.7 million in year 1, €3.6 million in year 2, and €3.7 million in year 3. The current spot exchange rate is $1.13/€; the current risk-free rate in the United States is 4.4 percent, compared to that in Europe of 5 percent. The appropriate discount rate for the project is estimated to be 18 percent, the U.S. cost of capital for the company. In addition, the subsidiary can be sold at the end of three years for an estimated €8.3 million. What is the NPV of the project? |
Multiple Choice
$-2,931,556.43
$11,459.60
$11,917.98
$11,001.22
$391,852.70
Use the information below to answer the following questions. |
Currency per U.S. $ | |
U.K. Pound | 0.5135 |
6-months forward (£) | 0.5204 |
Japan Yen | 108.21 |
6-months forward (¥) | 106.96 |
Switzerland Franc | 1.0492 |
6-months forward (SF) | 1.0478 |
Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current six-month risk-free rate in the United States is 5.3 percent. |
What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Great Britain? |
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What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Japan? |
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What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Switzerland? |
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A bond is purchased for $5500. It is kept for 4 years, and interest is received at the end of each year. Immediately following the owner’s receipt of the fourth interest payment, the owner sells the bond at $200 less of its par value.The bond rate of interest is 6 percent, and the owner’s money yields a 10 percent interest rate. a) Determine the bond’s face value. b) Plot the cash flow diagram for the investment. Please solve it in Excel and not in Mathematical equations. Also mention the formula and steps.
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