You just finished a capital budgeting investment analysis on a ​$156 million project. The​ project's life is 10 years and it will generate equal annual​ after-tax cash operating cash flows of ​$25 million. You assumed a ​$47 million salvage​ value, but the​ project's adjusted tax basis at termination will be ​$55 million. The project would have no effect on net working capital. With a 24​% marginal tax​ rate, the resulting NPV is ​$negative 17.853 million. What cost of capital did you use for the​ analysis? ​ (Percent with​ 1decimal)

Topic: Investing for Retirement

Having a difficult time narrowing this down. Have to write a 10 page paper discussing this topic. Any detailed recommendations of what I should focus on in the paper. I would like to create some sort of hypothetical situation with a client as well. Any ideas are appreciated!

FITCO is considering the purchase of new equipment. The equipment costs $355000, and an additional $112000 is needed to install it. The equipment will be depreciated straight-line to zero over a 5-year life. The equipment will generate additional annual revenues of $268000, and it will have annual cash operating expenses of $82000. The equipment will be sold for $85000 after 5 years. An inventory investment of $75000 is required during the life of the investment. FITCO is in the 40 percent tax bracket, and its cost of capital is 9 percent. What is the project NPV?
Please show the formulas and do NOT use excel

Assume that sales will grow at 5.00%. The following accounts (cash, accounts receivable, inventory, net fixed assets, accounts payable and accruals, as well as operating costs) are assumed to change with sales and will maintain their current percentage of sales rates into 2016. The dividend payout ratio will remain the same. Long-term debt and notes payable will remain constant into 2016 as will interest expense, as a result. The firm also does not plan to issue any additional common stock or conduct any share repurchases. The firm’s tax rate is 40%. Any additional funds needed will be sourced through a line-of-credit (LOC) and surpluses will be paid out through a special dividend.

BALANCE SHEET AS OF 12/31/2015:

Using the percent-of-sales forecast approach, forecast the 2016 income statement and balance sheet. Be sure the balance sheet balances.

What is the Projected LOC (if any)?

Enter 0 if none.

Professor Wendy Smith has been offered the following​ opportunity: A law firm would like to retain her for an upfront payment of $ 49 comma 000. In​ return, for the next year the firm would have access to eight hours of her time every month. As an alternative payment​ arrangement, the firm would pay Professor​ Smith's hourly rate for the eight hours each month. ​ Smith's rate is $ 535 per hour and her opportunity cost of capital is 15 % per year. What does the IRR rule advise regarding the payment​ arrangement? (Hint: Find the monthly rate that will yield an effective annual rate of 15 %​.) What about the NPV​ rule?

Broward Manufacturing recently reported the following information: Net income $558,000 ROA 10% Interest expense $184,140 Accounts payable and accruals $950,000 Broward's tax rate is 25%. Broward finances with only debt and common equity, so it has no preferred stock. 40% of its total invested capital is debt, and 60% of its total invested capital is common equity. Calculate its basic earning power (BEP), its return on equity (ROE), and its return on invested capital (ROIC). Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

BEP: %

ROE: %

ROIC: %

Assume sales for Peach Street Industries are expected to increase by 9.00% from 2015 to 2016. Peach Street is operating at full capacity currently and expected assets-to-sales and spontaneous liabilities-to-sales to remain the same. Additionally, the firm is looking to maintain their 2015 net profit margin and dividend payout ratios for 2016. The firm’s tax rate is 37.00% and selected income statement and balance sheet information for 2015 is provided below: Entry Value Entry Value Current Assets $800.00 Sales $2,500.00 Net Fixed Assets (NFA) $700.00 Operating Costs $2,030.00 Total Assets $1,500.00 Depreciation $90.00 Accounts Payable and Accruals $30.00 Interest Expense $69.00 Notes Payable $180.00 Dividends Paid $93.30 Long term debt $510.00 Total Equity $780.00

The firm is projecting sales growth of 10% from 2015 to 2016. If the firm did not have access to or did not want to use external capital sources to grow sales, what is the maximum rate of sales growth (self-sustaining growth rate) could the firm could achieve under these conditions?

You’re looking to buy a 2018 Ford Fusion Titanium with sunroof and leather seats at a price of $32,000. Being a poor college student, you have cash to pay taxes, title, license & fees but your parents offer to give you 10% of the price, $3200, as a down payment and you need to finance the remainder of $28,800. You smartly researched your finance options and got pre-approval at a 3.3% APR for 60 months on your own so you’re not at the mercy at depending on financing from the car dealership. Ford is offering 0% APR financing or $2,750 cash back which would be used as an additional down payment that reduce that amount that you would need to finance. You would use your 3.3% APR pre-approved financing if you elect the $2750 cash back option. Answer the following questions.

3. At what APR would you be indifferent between the two offers? In other words, at what APR would you have the same monthly payment (assuming a 60-month loan term) for the $2750 cash back offer as you would with the 0% APR financing offer?

4. Let’s assume you go with the offer in question #2 (What would be your monthly car loan payment under the Ford’s $2,750 cash back offer and your 3.3% APR pre-approved financing (assume a 60-month loan term)? . Construct an amortization schedule for the loan for all 60 monthly payments. What is your loan balance after 36 months?

Bullock Gold Mining Seth Bullock, the owner of Bullock Gold Mining, is evaluating a new gold mine in South Dakota. Dan Dority, the company’s geologist, has just finished his analysis of the mine site. He has estimated that the mine would be productive for eight years, after which the gold would be completely mined. Dan has taken an estimate of the gold deposits to Alma Garrett, the company’s financial officer. Alma has been asked by Seth to perform an analysis of the new mine and present her recommendation on whether the company should open the new mine. Year Cash Flow 0 −$625,000,000 1 70,000,000 2 129,000,000 3 183,000,000 4 235,000,000 5 210,000,000 6 164,000,000 7 108,000,000 8 86,000,000 9 − 90,000,000 Alma has used the estimates provided by Dan to determine the revenues that could be expected from the mine. She also has projected the expense of opening the mine and the annual operating expenses. If the company opens the mine, it will cost $625 million today, and it will have a cash outflow of $90 million nine years from today in costs associated with closing the mine and reclaiming the area surrounding it. The expected cash flows each year from the mine are shown in the nearby table. Bullock Gold Mining has a 12 percent required return on all of its gold mines. QUESTIONS Construct a spreadsheet to calculate the payback period, internal rate of return, modified internal rate of return, and net present value of the proposed mine. Based on your analysis, should the company open the mine? Bonus question: Most spreadsheets do not have a built-in formula to calculate the payback period. Write a VBA script that calculates the payback period for a project.

Calculate the Dollar Price quotes of the Treasury Securities in the adjacent table

Meg's pension plan is an annuity with a guaranteed return of 4% per year (compounded quarterly). She would like to retire with a pension of $30,000 per quarter for 25 years. If she works 41 years before retiring, how much money must she and her employer deposit each quarter? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)