One year​ ago, your company purchased a machine used in manufacturing for $ 120,000. You have learned that a new machine is available that offers many​ advantages; you can purchase it for $ 140,000 today. It will be depreciated on a​ straight-line basis over ten​ years, after which it has no salvage value. You expect that the new machine will contribute EBITDA​ (earnings before​ interest, taxes,​ depreciation, and​ amortization) of $ 55,000 per year for the next ten years. The current machine is expected to produce EBITDA of $ 23,000 per year. The current machine is being depreciated on a​ straight-line basis over a useful life of 11​ years, after which it will have no salvage​ value, so depreciation expense for the current machine is $ 10,909 per year. All other expenses of the two machines are identical. The market value today of the current machine is $ 50,000. Your​ company's tax rate is 40 %​, and the opportunity cost of capital for this type of equipment is 12 %. Is it profitable to replace the​ year-old machine?

Suppose that many stocks are traded in the market and that it is possible to borrow at the risk-free rate, r_ƒ. The characteristics of two of the stocks are as follows:

4. Bond yields

Coupon payments are fixed, but the percentage return that investors receive varies based on market conditions. This percentage return is referred to as the bond’s yield.

Yield to maturity (YTM) is the rate of return expected from a bond held until its maturity date. However, the YTM equals the expected rate of return under certain assumptions. Which of the following is one of those assumptions?

The bond has an early redemption feature.

The bond will not be called.

Consider the case of Badger Corp.:

Badger Corp. has 9% annual coupon bonds that are callable and have 18 years left until maturity. The bonds have a par value of $1,000, and their current market price is $1,040.35. However, Badger Corp. may call the bonds in eight years at a call price of $1,060. What are the YTM and the yield to call (YTC) on Badger Corp.’s bonds?

If interest rates are expected to remain constant, what is the best estimate of the remaining life left for Badger Corp.’s bonds?

5 years

18 years

10 years

8 years

If Badger Corp. issued new bonds today, what coupon rate must the bonds have to be issued at par?

1.

When comparing the future value of two investments: one that earns 6% p.a. simple interest and the other that earns 6% p.a interest compounding annually, the difference can best be described as:

Select one:

A. the time value of money

B. a pricing convention in money markets

C. compound interest

D. interest on interest

2.The concept that a unit of currency today is not worth the same as a unit of currency in another time period is best described as the:

Select one:

A. rate of money.

B. capital use rate.

C. time value of money.

D. economic measure of money.

3.

Investment banks perform an important role in:

Select one:

A. Providing commercial loans to business

B. Providing a range of products including options, futures and general insurance to the general public

C. Originating, underwriting and distributing new securities for issuer companies

D. Networking clients to over-the-counter markets.

4.

A monetary strategy which involves negative interest rates, is likely to:

Select one:

A. Increase the funds that households save/lend

B. Increase the demand for funds by borrowers/spenders

C. Increase the rate of inflation

D. All of the above

5.

Which of the following option(s) represent the correct formula to multiply two values located in cells B1 and B2, by each other?

Select one:

a. Entering the formula: =B1*B2

b. Entering the formula: =MULTIPLY(B1:B2)

c. Entering the formula: =SUM(B1:B2)

d. Entering the formula: =B1xB2

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are:

The correlation between the fund returns is 0.15.

What is the Sharpe ratio of the best feasible CAL? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

An investor purchased 550 shares of stock A at $22.50 per share and 1,050 shares of stock B at $30.50 per share one year ago. Stock A and stock B paid quarterly dividends of $2.50 per share and $2.00 per share, respectively, during the year. One year later, the investor sold both stocks at $30.50 per share. The correlation coefficient (ρ_AB) is 0.3 and the standard deviations of stock A and stock B are 20.5 percent and 15.5 percent, respectively.

Calculate the standard deviation of the portfolio. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 15.2512 and the final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 5.8%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows:

The correlation between the fund returns is 0.18.

Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio.

Company V earned a net profit margin of 25% on sales of $25 million in its most recently ended fiscal year. Capital investment was $2.5 million and depreciation was $3 million. Investment in working capital is 10% of sales every year. Assume the following:

• Sales, net income, cap ex, depreciation and interest expense are expected to grow 10% every year for the next five years
• After five years sales, net income, cap ex, depreciation and interest expense will decline to a stable growth rate of 4% per year

The tax rate is 36%. Company Z has 1.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. Company Z also has long-term debt paying 10% interest and it is trading at its par value of $30 million.

Calculate the value of the firm and its equity assuming the cost of capital is 15% during years 1-5 and 12% during the stable stage.

This is all one question, thank you very much in advance!

You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine. The base price is $189,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $16,000. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for $103,950. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The machine would require a $7,000 increase in net operating working capital (increased inventory less increased accounts payable). There would be no effect on revenues, but pretax labor costs would decline by $45,000 per year. The marginal tax rate is 35%, and the WACC is 13%. Also, the firm spent $5,000 last year investigating the feasibility of using the machine.

1. How should the $5,000 spent last year be handled?
   1. Last year's expenditure should be treated as a terminal cash flow and dealt with at the end of the project's life. Hence, it should not be included in the initial investment outlay.
   2. Last year's expenditure is considered as an opportunity cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   3. Last year's expenditure is considered as a sunk cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   4. The cost of research is an incremental cash flow and should be included in the analysis.
   5. Only the tax effect of the research expenses should be included in the analysis.
   
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2. What is the initial investment outlay for the machine for capital budgeting purposes, that is, what is the Year 0 project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
   $

3. What are the project's annual cash flows during Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Year 1 $

   Year 2 $

   Year 3 $

4. Should the machine be purchased?

Derek plans to retire on his 65th birthday. However, he plans to work part-time until he turns 72.00. During these years of part-time work, he will neither make deposits to nor take withdrawals from his retirement account. Exactly one year after the day he turns 72.0 when he fully retires, he will wants to have $2,975,569.00 in his retirement account. He he will make contributions to his retirement account from his 26th birthday to his 65th birthday. To reach his goal, what must the contributions be? Assume a 6.00% interest rate.

Derek plans to retire on his 65th birthday. However, he plans to work part-time until he turns 75.00. During these years of part-time work, he will neither make deposits to nor take withdrawals from his retirement account. Exactly one year after the day he turns 75.0 when he fully retires, he will wants to have $3,119,504.00 in his retirement account. He he will make contributions to his retirement account from his 26th birthday to his 65th birthday. To reach his goal, what must the contributions be? Assume a 9.00% interest rate.

Answer format: Currency: Round to: 2 decimal places.

Goodwin Technologies, a relatively young company, has been wildly successful but has yet to pay a dividend. An analyst forecasts that Goodwin is likely to pay its first dividend three years from now. She expects Goodwin to pay a $1.75000 dividend at that time (D₃ = $1.75000) and believes that the dividend will grow by 9.10000% for the following two years (D₄ and D₅). However, after the fifth year, she expects Goodwin’s dividend to grow at a constant rate of 3.48000% per year.

Goodwin’s required return is 11.60000%. Fill in the following chart to determine Goodwin’s horizon value at the horizon date (when constant growth begins) and the current intrinsic value. To increase the accuracy of your calculations, do not round your intermediate calculations, but round all final answers to two decimal places.

Assuming that the markets are in equilibrium, Goodwin’s current expected dividend yield is   , and Goodwin’s capital gains yield is   .

Goodwin has been very successful, but it hasn’t paid a dividend yet. It circulates a report to its key investors containing the following statement:

Goodwin’s investment opportunities are poor.

Is this statement a possible explanation for why the firm hasn’t paid a dividend yet?

Yes

No

Evaluate the following projects, using the net present value criteria. Assume a cost of capital of 9%.

Star Computer Services has the following three investment projects available this year.

The firm's cost of capital is 7 %.