1. Differentiate barometric price leadership and dominant price leadership.

2. Is there a similarity between cartel pricing and monopoly pricing?

3. What conditions are favorable to the formation and maintenance of a cartel?

4. Can government be a potent force in the establishment and maintenance of monopolistic conditions? Name and describe such occurrences.

5. Describe the properties of the Baumol revenue maximization model. Do you consider this to be a good alternative to the profit maximization model?

6. Telephone companies charge different rates for calls during the day, in the evening, and at night or weekends. Do you consider this to be price discrimination?

Inflation has remained low for the past 5 years but you have come to the conclusion that trend is ending and inflation will increase significantly over the next 2 years. Assume you have reached this conclusion prior to other investors reaching the same conclusion. What adjustments should you make to your bond portfolio in light of your conclusions?

As a Division Manager you have $250,000 to invest in a new project. The Maverick Project Teams says that if you invest with them the company will receive returns of $70,000 after a year, $120,000 after two years and $120,000 after three years. The Bull Project Team says that if you invest with them the company will receive nothing for the first two years and then $370,000 at the end of the third year. The current annual discount rate is 6%. Create a worksheet that determines which project team offers the better financial return on the investment.

Suppose Disney issued a convertible (non-callable) bond with an annual coupon of 10% that matures in 5 years. The conversion ratio is 26.32 shares of stock per bond and Disney’s stock is currently trading at $30 per share. The convertible bond is priced at $900 in the market and the appropriate discount rate is 13%.

1. What is the Straight Bond Value of this convertible?
2. What is the Option Value of the Bond?
3. What is the Conversion Value of the Bond?
4. Based solely on today’s values, should you convert?

Business Finance
Detailed analysis of statistical methods to access stand alone risk?

Students need to answer case study questions and two following tutorial questions.

Answers need to present in the point form, include 100 to 200 words for each question.

1. What are the key characteristics of a digital business strategy model?
2. Evaluate the range of restructuring options for an existing ‘bricks-and-mortar’ organization to move to ‘bricks-and-clicks’ or ‘clicks-only’ contributing a higher online revenue.

For all of the capital budgeting methodologies, what are the advantages and disadvantages using them as a financial manager?

o-Anne just bought 200 bonds at a purchase price of R1 043.70 each. The bonds will mature in 7 years’ time and have a face value of R1 000.00. The coupon rate is 11% and is paid semi-annually. Answer the questions that follow:

1.1 Calculate the prevailing interest rate.

1.2 If the prevailing interest rate is 12%, what would happen to the price of the bond?

1.3 If Lee-Anne bought the bonds at R1 043.70 and the prevailing interest rate changes to 12%, what would the capital gains yield be?

Lee-Anne bought the bonds at R1 043.70 and after four years she decides to sell the bonds while the prevailing interest rate is 9%. Answer the following questions relating to this scenario:
1.4.1 Calculate the capital gains yield.
1.4.2 Calculate the current yield.
1.4.3 Calculate the total Rand return.

Note on the questions above. Can you provide me with a more detailed calculation as to how you got to your answers for the questions and not just the answer after formula has been provided. Thank you

Caviar Fishfarm Ltd (‘CFL’) is unlevered, has an equity beta of 1.25 and unlevered cash flows of $76,800 per annum that will continue in perpetuity. The expected market return is 10%p.a and Treasury bills earn 2%p.a. CFL is currently considering issuing $300,000 in new debt with an 8% interest rate. CFL would repurchase $300,000 of its own shares, using the proceeds of the debt issue. There are currently 32,000 shares outstanding and the company’s effective marginal tax rate is 34%. Calculate the WACC (after tax) after the restructuring is complete.

You will deposit $300 per year for the next 5 years. You expect the interest rate 1 year from now to be 8%, 2 years from now to be 8%, 3 years from now to be 12%, and 4 years from now to be 9%. If your forecast of interest rates is correct, how much money will you have 5 years from now?

Round your answer to 2 decimal places, for example 100.12.

Caviar Fishfarm Ltd (‘CFL’) is unlevered, has an equity beta of 1.25 and unlevered cash flows of $76,800 per annum that will continue in perpetuity. The expected market return is 10%p.a and Treasury bills earn 2%p.a. CFL is currently considering issuing $300,000 in new debt with an 8% interest rate. CFL would repurchase $300,000 of its own shares, using the proceeds of the debt issue. There are currently 32,000 shares outstanding and the company’s effective marginal tax rate is 34%. Assuming it is certain that the company completes the restructure, calculate the value of each share in the company, after the restructure (ignore other information effects). (in dollars to nearest cent)

Problem Set 1

You are the owner of a large data-services firm and are deciding on the purchase of a new hardware cooling system that you expect will yield $233,300 in cost-savings per year for the next 15 years. The installation of this cooling system will cost $3,000,000.

1. At face value, does this system seem profitable? By how much?

2. Assume that your company uses a discount rate of 6%.

a. What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of this project?

b. How does the NPV of this project change as you assume a higher or lower discount rate? Why?

c. What is the IRR/ROI of this project? d. How much should the yearly cost-savings be in order to break even? i. (hint) use goal-seek/what-if analysis

3. Suppose that you decide to finance the purchase of this system through a loan from the bank. The bank is willing to loan this money over an 8 year term at an interest rate of 4% per year. a. Using a 70/30 debt-to-equity ratio, what is the NPV of this project? i. (hint) calculate the yearly payment using excel function “PMT” b. How does the NPV of this project change if a larger portion is financed through equity (e.g. debt-to-equity ratio of 60/40)? Why?

Of the following investments, which has the lowest risk?

Question 23 options:

In general, the riskier an investment, the greater the opportunity for a large return.

Question 24 options:

In a bond offering, financial advisors MOST often buy bonds of the company ________.

Question 26 options:

Defensive stocks usually have a stock price that is greatly affected by the state of the economy.

Question 29 options:

A utility company that pays a good dividend can best be characterized as a growth stock.

Question 30 options:

Commercial banks are financial institutions that raise funds from businesses and individuals in the form of checking and savings accounts and use those funds to make loans to businesses and individuals.

Question 16 options:

An agreement between the owner of a brand and another company or individual who pays a royalty for the use of the brand in association with a new product is brand ________.

Question 5 options:

A package contains a snack food bag with a manufacturer's brand and a container of dip with the brand of a different manufacturer. This is an example of a(n) ________ brand.

Question 6 options:

Last year Carson Industries issued a 10-year, 12% semiannual coupon bond at its par value of $1,000. Currently, the bond can be called in 6 years at a price of $1,060 and it sells for $1,150.

1. What is the bond's nominal yield to maturity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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   What is the bond's nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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   Would an investor be more likely to earn the YTM or the YTC?
   -Select-Since the YTC is above the YTM, the bond is not likely to be called.Since the coupon rate on the bond has declined, the bond is not likely to be called.Since the YTM is above the YTC, the bond is likely to be called.Since the YTC is above the YTM, the bond is likely to be called.Since the YTM is above the YTC, the bond is not likely to be called.Item 3
   
2. What is the current yield? (Hint: Refer to Footnote 7 for the definition of the current yield and to Table 7.1.) Round your answer to two decimal places.
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   Is this yield affected by whether the bond is likely to be called?
   1. If the bond is called, the current yield and the capital gains yield will both be different.
   2. If the bond is called, the current yield and the capital gains yield will remain the same but the coupon rate will be different.
   3. If the bond is called, the current yield will remain the same but the capital gains yield will be different.
   4. If the bond is called, the current yield and the capital gains yield will remain the same.
   5. If the bond is called, the capital gains yield will remain the same but the current yield will be different.
   
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3. What is the expected capital gains (or loss) yield for the coming year? Use amounts calculated in above requirements for calcuation, if reqired. Round your answer to two decimal places. Enter a loss percentage, if any, with a minus sign.
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   Is this yield dependent on whether the bond is expected to be called?
   1. If the bond is expected to be called, the appropriate expected total return will not change.
   2. The expected capital gains (or loss) yield for the coming year depends on whether or not the bond is expected to be called.
   3. The expected capital gains (or loss) yield for the coming year does not depend on whether or not the bond is expected to be called.
   4. If the bond is expected to be called, the appropriate expected total return is the YTM.
   5. If the bond is not expected to be called, the appropriate expected total return is the YTC.