.a)What attracts you to JP Morgan and specifically the Asset Managemnt opportunity?
b) Describe what factors have influenced financial markets in recent months and how they might affect our clients.
C. Tell us about a time when you faced a complex problem and how you found the solution.
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Explain the difference between a corporation that only holds real estate and a REIT.

​(Select all the choices that​ apply.)

A.

REITs must pay corporate income​ taxes; a corporation that holds only real estate does not pay corporate taxes but must substantially pass through all the income to shareholders to whom it is taxable.

B.

A corporation that holds only real estate must pay corporate income​ taxes; REITs do not pay corporate taxes but must substantially pass through all the income to trust unit holders to whom it is taxable.

C.

A corporation that holds only real estate is limited to 75 shareholders and cannot have corporate or foreign stockholders.

D.

REITs are limited to 150 shareholders and cannot have corporate or foreign stockholders.

How to calculate the DuPont equation

A leading author in accounting and finance, Alfred Rappaport focuses in his work on the importance of a firm's management continually taking steps that increase shareholder value. In a recent article he set out his "Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value:"

1. Do not manage earnings or provide earnings guidance; do not focus on earnings as it reflects neither the company's value or the change in value over the reporting period.
2. Make the strategic decisions that maximize expected value, even at the expense of lowering near-term earnings; this may mean divesting units that do not contribute to the company's long-term strategic goals though they do contribute to current profits.
3. Make acquisitions that maximize expected value, even at the expense of lowering near-term earnings; do not make acquisitions that improve only current earnings per share, but those that are expected to contribute to long-term value.
4. Carry only assets that maximize value; continually review assets and be prepared to sell units, brands, real estate, or other assets that can be sold for a price that is greater than their value to the company.
5. Return cash to shareholders when there are no credible value-creating opportunities to invest in the business; through cash dividends and stock buybacks.
6. Reward CEOs and other senior executives for delivering superior long-term returns.
7. Reward operating unit managers for adding superior multiyear value.
8. Reward middle managers and frontline employees for delivering superior performance on the key value drivers that they influence directly.
9. Require senior executives to bear risks of ownership just as shareholders do.
10. Provide investors with value relevant information.

Required: Based on Chapter 20, identify managerial concepts that you would apply for each of the 10 steps. Compensation concepts, management comp programs, business valuation techniques. Please do not simply write "Book Value" valuation. Explain why you would use such concepts and valuation models and why.

Bond Dave has a 7 percent coupon rate, makes semiannual payments, a 7 percent YTM, and 26 years to maturity. If interest rates suddenly rise by 5 percent, what is the percentage change in the price of Bond Dave? 4 decimals (e.g. 0.0123).

You enter into a short position in one gold futures contract worth $500 per ounce. Contract size is 100 ounces. The initial margin is $2,500 per contract and the maintenance margin is $1,500 per contract.

1. How much will the price of gold have to change for you to receive a margin call and will it need to increase or decrease?

2. What is your initial margin deposit?

3. . If the market closes at $497.50 per ounce at the end of the day, what is the balance on your margin account?

1. You are evaluating the purchase of a vehicle for your business. You've decided that the best choice is a car that will cost you $35,000, but you're uncertain how long you should plan on holding the car before you replace it. The table below lists the running costs and salvage value of the vehicle for each year.

What is the annual equivalent cost of replacing the vehicle every 3 years? Assume your cost of capital is 12.2%. Enter your answer to the nearest cent. Ignore taxes.

(Your answer will be a cost, and therefore a negative number. Don't forget the minus sign.)

Carling Corporation will raise $1,000,000 to finance an expansion. They plan to raise $500,000 through the sale of bonds, $ 50,000 by issuing preferred stock, $300,000 by issuing Common stock and $150,000 by using retained earnings. (you are going to need this total) The company will have to contract with an investment banker to issue bonds, new preferred stock and new common stock. The firm uses the CAPM approach to value retained earnings, but is willing to consider other options. Its bonds sell for $1,000 have a 9% coupon rate, mature in 20 years and will incur a floatation cost of 4% per bond. The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock which pays a 6% annual dividend, with flotation costs of 5%. Carling's beta is 1.1, the Return on Government Notes is 6%, and the market return is 12%. Carling has a growth rate of 8% and its current stock price $24.00 with recent dividends of $2.00, per share. Floatation costs are 6% on new issues. The firm's policy is to use a risk premium of 5.3% When using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium method to value Retained earnings. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40%.

What would be the cost of using retained earnings if the company used the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium method?

a) 10.87

b)14.75

c) 10.32

d) 12.60

e)7.62

f)5.67

G) 6.32

H)17.57

I) 9.45

What is the cost of using retained earnings valued using the CAPM?. What is the cost of issuing common stock?

a) 10.87

b)14.75

c) 10.32

d) 12.60

e)7.62

f)5.67

G) 6.32

H)17.57

I) 9.45

What is the cost of issuing Preferred stock? What is the cost of using bond to finace the expansion?

a) 10.87

b)14.75

c) 10.32

d) 12.60

e)7.62

f)5.67

G) 6.32

H)17.57

I) 9.45

Calculate the WACC.

a) 10.87

b)14.75

c) 10.32

d) 12.60

e)7.62

f)5.67

G) 6.32

H)17.57

I) 9.45

You enter into a short position in one gold futures contract worth $500 per ounce. Contract size is 100 ounces. The initial margin is $2,500 per contract and the maintenance margin is $1,500 per contract. If the market closes at $497.50 per ounce at the end of the day, what is the balance on your margin account?

Consider an index consisting of the following stocks: P0 P1 shares (m) ABC 90 100 10 CBA 50 35 20 Calculate the value-weighted return on the index! -9.44% -10.53% -3.57% 11.54%

Derek decides that he needs $101,702.00 per year in retirement to cover his living expenses. Therefore, he wants to withdraw $101702.0 on each birthday from his 66th to his 85.00th. How much will he need in his retirement account on his 65th birthday? Assume a interest rate of 10.00%.

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Derek plans to retire on his 65th birthday. However, he plans to work part-time until he turns 74.00. 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 74.0 when he fully retires, he will wants to have $3,480,498.00 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 8.00% interest rate.

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Derek plans to retire on his 65th birthday. However, he plans to work part-time until he turns 70.00. 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 70.0 when he fully retires, he will begin to make annual withdrawals of $125,076.00 from his retirement account until he turns 85.00. 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 7.00% interest rate.

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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 begin to make annual withdrawals of $166,805.00 from his retirement account until he turns 88.00. After this final withdrawal, he wants $1.55 million remaining in his 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 5.00% interest rate.

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A bank offers 8.00% on savings accounts. What is the effective annual rate if interest is compounded semi-annually?

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Derek has the opportunity to buy a money machine today. The money machine will pay Derek $34,503.00 exactly 3.00 years from today. Assuming that Derek believes the appropriate discount rate is 5.00%, how much is he willing to pay for this money machine?

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Assume the nominal rate of return is 6.42% and the inflation rate is 1.53%. Find the real rate of return using the exact formula.

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A short seller has sold 300 shares at $210 per share with an initial margin of 60%. A few days later the stock paid $4 dividends per share. What is the profit to the short seller if the share price is now $180? 10,200 7,800 9,000 -10,200

A mutual fund charges 6% front-end load and 3% operating and 12b-1 expenses. At the beginning of the year, the fund has $200 million assets under management and 10 million shares outstanding. During the year the value of assets held by the fund increases by 10% and the fund receives dividends of $2 million. What is the fund's NAV at the end of the year? (The number of mutual fund shares outstanding is still 10 million at the end of the year.) $20.06 $20 $21.54 $21.34

Novell, Inc., has the following mutually exclusive projects.

Year Project A. Project B

__ __

0 22, 000 25,000

1 13,000 14,000

2 9,500 10,500   

3 3,100 9,500

a-1. Calculate the payback period for each project. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 3 decimal places, e.g. 32.161.)

Project A. _____ years

Project B ______ years

a-2. If the company's payback period is two years, which, if either, of these projects should be chosen? (Choose the correct answer)

Project A

Project B

Both Projects

Neither project

b-1. What is the NPV for each project if the appropriate discount rate is 16 percent? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sing. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Project A. ______

Project B. _______

b-2. Which, if either, of these projects should be chosen if the appropriate discount rate is 16 percent? (Choose the correct answer)

Project A

Project B

Both projects

Neither project