Use the following information for Stock K and Stock M to solve the following problems
| State of Economy | Probability of state of the economy | Rate of return if the state occurs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boom | .10 | Stock K: .25 | Stock M: .18 |
| Growth | .20 | .10 | .20 |
| Normal | .50 | .15 | .04 |
| Recession | .20 | -.12 | .00 |
What is the expected return for stock K? For stock M?
What is the variance for Stock K? For Stock M?
What is the standard deviation for Stock K? For Stock M?
An individual plans to invest $5,000: $3,000 in Stock K and $2,000 in Stock M. What are the portfolio weights for this portfolio?
Using the portfolio weights just computed, what is the expected return for the portfolio?
Given the weight, computer the variance and standard deviation of the portfolio?
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Create a 10 year savings plan for yourself, the source where the money will come from and calculate the interest you expect to receive year over year. Also share where/how you will invest the money (stocks, bonds, 401K). If you plan to have multiple sources, share that as well.
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Your first job out of college will pay you $63,000 in year 1 (exactly one year from today), growing at a rate of 2.9% per year thereafter. You will also receive a one time bonus of $41,000 at the same time as your first salary. You plan to retire in 38 years (you'll receive 38 years of salary). If the applicable discount rate is 6%, what is the present value of these future earnings today? Round to the nearest cent.
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Tatum can borrow at 6.7 percent. The company currently has no debt, and the cost of equity is 12.9 percent. The current value of the firm is $595,000. The corporate tax rate is 21 percent. What will the value be if the company borrows $310,000 and uses the proceeds to repurchase shares? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.
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. Consider the following data:
|
Portfolio |
Expected return |
beta |
|
a |
10% |
1.1 |
|
b |
14% |
1.4 |
|
c |
18% |
2.0 |
Portfolios a, b, and c are well diversified. If there is an arbitrage opportunity, how will it be done?
A. Buy stocks a and short stocks b and c,
B. buy stocks a and b and short c,
C. buy stock b and short a and c.
D. There is no arbitrage opportunity.
Please can somebody answer this? I think there is no arbitrage opportunity since 1 of the betas has to be equal to 0. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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Raymond Mining Corporation has 8.3 million shares of common stock outstanding, 270,000 shares of 5% $100 par value preferred stock outstanding, and 139,000 7.50% semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $31 per share and has a beta of 1.15, the preferred stock currently sells for $93 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 112% of par. The market risk premium is 7.1%, T-bills are yielding 4%, and Raymond Mining’s tax is 30%.
a. What is the firm’s market value capital structure? (Enter your answers in whole dollars.)
b. If Raymond Mining is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 3 decimal places.)
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An investor buys 100 shares of Abbott Labs at $85 and buys one $75 put on Abbott for $2.
If Abbott goes to zero, what is the profit or loss on these positions?
If Abbott goes to $100 on the option expiration date, what is the investor’s dollar gain or loss on these positions?
What option strategy would the investor take if he did not want to pay for the put? What are the disadvantages of this strategy?
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Given four of the bond variables, determine the fifth bond variable. All Annual Coupons
(A) Given Number of Periods to Maturity is 10, Face Value is $1,000, YTM is 3.2%, and Coupon Payment is $40, determine the Bond Price.
(B). Given Number of Periods to Maturity is 8, Face Value is $1,000, YTM is 4.5%, and the Bond Price is $880.00, determine the Coupon Payment.
(C). Given Number of Periods to Maturity is 6, Face Value is $1,000, Coupon Payment is $30, and the Bond Price is $865.00, determine YTM.
(D). Given Number of Periods to Maturity is 8, YTM is 3.8%, Coupon Payment is $45, and the Bond Price is $872.00, determine Face Value.
(E). Given Face Value is $1,000, YTM 4.3%, Coupon Payment is $37, and the Bond Price is $887.00, determine the Number of Periods to Maturity.
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Your Company is considering a new project that will require $620,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 10 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $100,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 11%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.
$10,920
$64,310
$41,080
$52,000
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The current spot exchange rate is $1.55/€ and the three-month forward rate is $1.50/€. You enter into a long position on €1,000. At maturity, the spot exchange rate is $1.40/€. How much have you made or lost? Group of answer choices +$100 -$100 -$50 +$50
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Your division is considering two investment projects, each of which requires an up-front expenditure of $35 million. You estimate that the cost of capital is 10% and the the investment will produce the following after-tax- cash flows (in millions of dollars):
| Year | Project A | Project B |
| 1 | $25 | $15 |
| 2 | $25 | $25 |
| 3 | $25 | $35 |
| 4 | $25 | $45 |
a.What is the payback Period for each of the projects (assume cash flows occur evenly during the year, 1/365th each day)?
b. Computer the net present value (NPV) for each project. c. if the two projects are independent, which projects should the firm undertake?
d. If the two projects are mutually exclusive, which project or projects the firm undertake?
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. Your business needs approximately $1,000,000 to purchase a piece of equipment to use in the production facility to produce a new product. Your task is to analyze several possible financing options. The options being considered to raise the funds for the equipment are as follows: • Funding the project with a loan from Jayhawk Bank. Jayhawk Bank currently charges a fixed rate of 8% annual interest compounded quarterly. Payments are scheduled quarterly over five years. • Funding the project by cashing in a money market account that was set up two years ago as an emergency fund. The fund started with an initial deposit of $900,000 and paid 3.5% annual interest compounded monthly. • Funding the project from an initial investment and current profits. This option requires the project to be delayed for a year and a half. A portion of the company’s expected profits ($50,000 per month each month) would be invested during the delay, and an initial cash outlay would need to be determined. A money market account will be used to hold Project 2 IST 310: Spreadsheet and Database Applications Page 5 these funds. The current money market rates pay 4% annual interest compounded monthly. • Funding the project with a loan from Kansas Bank. The loan will be paid back over the next four years, with equal semiannual payments (compounded semiannually) of $150,000. • Funding the project with a loan from Rock Chalk Bank. The loan would have a fixed interest rate of 6.5% per year compounded quarterly, and fixed quarterly payments of $95,000. Use various financial functions to determine the missing piece of information for each of the five options (PMT for cell E3, FV for cell G4, PV for cell F5, RATE for cell C6, and NPER for cell D7). When using Excel financial functions, pay close attention to the compounding period being used. The financial functions apply the interest rate per period and the payment per period to the principal over a specified number of periods. It does not matter if the compounding period is months, days, quarters, years, or some other specified period. A financial function applies the appropriate rate and payments for the specified number of times. If the rate and number of period arguments and the payment are not all consistent with the compounding period duration, the wrong values will be calculated. The payment on a loan of 8% per year for five years compounded once per year is different from the payment on that same loan amount compounded quarterly with a rate of 2% per quarter (8% divided by 4) over 20 quarters (5 years multiplied by 4 quarters). For the loan being offered by Jayhawk Bank, the interest rate per year is 8% over a period of five years. Because the compounding period is quarterly, a rate of 2% per quarter is applied over 20 separate periods. The value that you are calculating with the PMT function is the payment per quarter. Your completed analysis should look like this:
| Option | Periods Per Year | Annual Interest Rate | Duration in Years | Periodic Payment | Present Value | Future Value |
| Jayhawk Bank Loan | 4 | 8.0% | 5.00 | $1,000,000 | $0 | |
| Emergency Fund | 12 | 3.5% | 2.00 | $0 | ($900,000) | |
| Delay Project and Use Profits | 12 | 4.0% | 1.50 | ($50,000) | $1,000,000 | |
| Kansas Bank Loan | 2 | 4.00 | ($150,000) | $1,000,000 | $0 | |
| Rock Chalk Bank Loan | 4 | 6.5% | ($95,000) | $1,000,000 | $0 |
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