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What are the three different forms of business organization? Explain with examples.

What are the three different forms of business organization? Explain with examples.

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An old two-flat can be purchased for $200,000 cash. The two units can bring in a...

An old two-flat can be purchased for $200,000 cash. The two units can bring in a total of $2,500 per month (allowing for normal vacancies). The total operating expenses for property taxes, repairs, gardening, and so forth are estimated to be $200 per month. For tax purposes, straight-line depreciation over a 20-year remaining life with to a zero salvage value will be used.

Of the total $200,000 cost of the property, $50,000 is the value of the land. Assume a 38% marginal income tax bracket (combined state and federal taxes) applies throughout the 20 years. This tax rate applies to ordinary income and capital gains/losses.

Since there is no growth expected in rents or expenses, depreciation is straight-line, and the tax rate doesn’t change, the ATCF’s for each year, 1 to 20, will be the same.

What after-tax IRR would you expect assuming that the property is held for twenty years and then sold for $50,000?

What after-tax IRR would you expect assuming that the property is held for twenty years and then sold for $150,000?

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Discuss whether Johnson & Johnson has been successful in all of their acquisitions.

Discuss whether Johnson & Johnson has been successful in all of their acquisitions.

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Simtek currently pays a $2.50 dividends per share next year 's dividend is expected to be...

Simtek currently pays a $2.50 dividends per share next year 's dividend is expected to be $3 per share. after next year , dividends are expected to increase at a 9% annual rate for 3years and a 6% annual rate thereafter.

a. what is the current value of a share of Simtek stock to an investor who requires a 15% return on his or her investment.

b. if the dividend in year 1 is expected to be $3 and the growth rate over the following three years is expected to be only 7% and then 6% thereafter, what will the new stock price be?

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Review and analyse Cash Flow Statement of Vodafone and DT. Specify your key observations.

Review and analyse Cash Flow Statement of Vodafone and DT.

Specify your key observations.

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The Morning Jolt Coffee Company has projected the following quarterly sales amounts for the coming year:...

The Morning Jolt Coffee Company has projected the following quarterly sales amounts for the coming year:

  Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4
  Sales $ 750 $ 780 $ 860 $ 940
a.

Accounts receivable at the beginning of the year are $340. The company has a 45-day collection period. Calculate cash collections in each of the four quarters by completing the following (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.):

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
  Beginning receivables $ $ $ $
  Sales 750.00 780.00 860.00 940.00
  Cash collections
  Ending receivables $ $ $ $
b.

Recalculate the cash collections with a collection period of 60 days. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
  Beginning receivables $ $ $ $
  Sales 750.00 780.00 860.00 940.00
  Cash collections
  Ending receivables $ $ $ $
c.

Recalculate the cash collections with a collection period of 30 days. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
  Beginning receivables $ $ $ $
  Sales 750.00 780.00 860.00 940.00
  Cash collections
  Ending receivables $ $ $ $

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Consider a one-year, 10 percent coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 issued by a...

Consider a one-year, 10 percent coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 issued by a private corporation. The one-year risk-free rate is 10 percent. The corporation has hit on hard times, and the consensus is that there is a 20 percent probability that it will default on its bonds. If an investor were willing to pay at most $775 for the bond, is that investor risk neutral or risk averse?

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Explain (in no more than 3 sentences) why we, for example, tend to use put options...

Explain (in no more than 3 sentences) why we, for example, tend to use put options for X ≤ $228.82 to back-out the IV(implied volatility), but for X > $228.82, we use the call options. For your information, the last traded price for Tesla Inc. on 25 July 2019 was $228.82.

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Minion, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $211,875. Earnings before interest...

Minion, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $211,875. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $14,300 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 20 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 35 percent lower. The company is considering a $33,900 debt issue with an interest rate of 6 percent. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 7,500 shares outstanding. Assume the company has a tax rate of 21 percent.

a-1.

Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

a-2. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
b-1. Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenarios after the recapitalization. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b-2. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession assuming recapitalization has occurred. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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Throughout the Great Recession, there was talk of securitization and terms like CMO's, CDO's and CLO's...

Throughout the Great Recession, there was talk of securitization and terms like CMO's, CDO's and CLO's (financial instruments created through a process of securitization) were heavily used. Discuss the good and bad aspects of securitization. Is it something we should do away with or does it have a place in modern financial markets? Use Paddy Hirsch as a reference! Thank you!

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The Titanic Shipbuilding Company has a noncancelable contract to build a small cargo vessel. Construction involves...

The Titanic Shipbuilding Company has a noncancelable contract to build a small cargo vessel. Construction involves a cash outlay of $271,000 at the end of each of the next two years. At the end of the third year the company will receive payment of $640,000. Assume the IRR of this option exceeds the cost of capital.
The company can speed up construction by working an extra shift. In this case, there will be a cash outlay of $592,000 at the end of the first year, followed by a cash payment of $640,000 at the end of the second year. Use the IRR rule to show the (approximate) range of opportunity costs of capital at which the company should work the extra shift. (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Enter the smallest percent first.)
The company should work the extra shift if the cost of capital is between % and %

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2.  Use the following balance sheet and simplified income statement in answering parts (a) – (c) below:...

2.  Use the following balance sheet and simplified income statement in answering parts (a) – (c) below: BALANCE SHEET Cash $75,000 Accounts receivables100,000 Inventory95,000 Fixed assets$500,000 Total assets$770,000 Account payable$135,000 Other current liabilities50,000 Long-term debt150,000 Stockholders’ equity (75,000 shares)$435,000 Total liability and equity$770,000 INCOME STATEMENT Sales$1,250,000 Less:  Cost of goods sold635,000 Less:  All expenses (incl. taxes)370,000 Net Income$245,000 a.)  Based on the financial information above, conduct a liquidity analysis for this firm by determining the current ratio, net working capital, the ratio of current assets/total assets, and the cash conversion period. b.)  What is the current market price of the firm’s stock (P0) if the firm’s P/E ratio is 11.5?   Hint:  Note that a firm’s earnings per share = NI/S, where NI = earnings.  Therefore P0 = P/E x E/S c.)  A proposal is made by this firm’s CFO to increase the current ratio to 2x.  The CFO suggests that the firm issue 5,000 new shares of common stock (ignore any flotation costs) and the estimated price per share based on secondary market conditions will be $28.50.  The proceeds from the equity issue will be added to the firm’s cash account.  Assuming everything else remains the same, determine: i)  The impact on the firm’s liquidity position by re-calculating the current ratio, net working capital, the ratio of current assets/total assets, and the cash conversion period as you did in part (a) above. ii)  The new market price (assume the P/E ratio is constant at 11.5). iii)  Based on your estimate of the new price per share of this company’s stock, should the firm adopt the changes suggested by the CFO?  Briefly explain.

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Swink Electric, Inc., has just developed a solar panel capable of generating 200 percent more electricity...

Swink Electric, Inc., has just developed a solar panel capable of generating

200 percent more electricity than any solar panel currently on the market. As a

result, Swink is expected to experience a 15 percent annual growth rate for the

next five years. When the five-year period ends, other firms will have developed

comparable technology, and Swink’s growth rate will slow to 5 percent per year

indefinitely. Stockholders require a return of 12 percent on Swink’s stock.

The firm’s most recent annual dividend (D0), which was paid yesterday, was

$1.75 per share.

2.d. (6 points) Calculate the dividend yield (D1/P0), the expected capital gains yield for the current year (Year 1).
Hint: The total rate of return is equal to dividend yield plus capital gains yield. Total rate of return is equal to the required rate of return.
Dividend yield = D1/P0
Total expected rate of return
Expected Capital gains yield

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The Pan American Bottling Co. is considering the purchase of a new machine that would increase...

The Pan American Bottling Co. is considering the purchase of a new machine that would increase the speed of bottling and save money. The net cost of this machine is $57,000. The annual cash flows have the following projections. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

  

Year

Cash Flow

1

$

21,000

2

24,000

3

28,000

4

14,000

5

9,000

a.    If the cost of capital is 11 percent, what is the net present value of selecting a new machine? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

What is the Net present value? ________________

b..

what is the internal rate of return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

What is the Internal rate of return? _______________%

c, Should the project be accepted? Yes or No.

Please give a calculated solution using a calculator. Thanks!

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You are serving on a jury. A plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after...

You are serving on a jury. A plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after a freak street-sweeper accident. In the trial, doctors testified that it will be five years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. The jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff. You are the foreperson of the jury and propose that the jury give the plaintiff an award to cover the following:

(a)

The present value of two years’ back pay. The plaintiff’s annual salary for the last two years would have been $67,000 and $70,000, respectively.

(b)

The present value of five years’ future salary. You assume the salary will be $73,000 per year.

(c) $245,000 for pain and suffering.
(d)

$40,000 for court costs.

Assume the salary payments are equal amounts paid at the end of each month.

If the interest rate you choose is an EAR of 8 percent, what is the size of the settlement?

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