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There is a project with three activites planned for a year (Units are in Rial) (3...

There is a project with three activites planned for a year (Units are in Rial)

• ‘Activity A’ with a planned cost of 2100,
• ‘Activity B’ with a planned cost of 1500 and
• ‘Activity C’ with a planned cost of 2500.
• Activity A turned out to be more expensive (with an additional 300).
• ‘Activity B’ was done as budgeted.
• ‘Activity C’ is not finished within the year, and only 1500 was spent on it.
• An additional activity ‘Activity D’ was needed and performed with a cost of 500.
What is the cost variance for the given year?Also write a detailed conclusion on the
cost performance

In: Civil Engineering

Consider a mutual fund with $209 million in assets at the start of the year and...

Consider a mutual fund with $209 million in assets at the start of the year and with 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income at the end of the year of $3 million. The stocks included in the fund's portfolio increase in price by 9%, but no securities are sold, and there are no capital gains distributions. The fund charges 12b-1 fees of 1.00%, which are deducted from portfolio assets at year-end.

a.

What is net asset value at the start and end of the year? (Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 3 decimal places.)

  

Net Asset Value
  Start of the year $        
  End of the year        

   

b.

What is the rate of return for an investor in the fund? (Use rounded "Net Asset Value". Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

  

  Rate of return %

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A closed-end fund’s NAV is $25 at the beginning of the year and $39 at the...

A closed-end fund’s NAV is $25 at the beginning of the year and $39 at the end of the year. At the beginning of the year the fund was selling at a 3% premium to NAV, at the end of the year it was selling at a 2% discount to NAV. The fund paid year-end distributions of income and capital gains of $1. What is the rate of the return to an investor, who bought the fund at the beginning of the year? (Provide your answer in percent rounded to two decimals omitting the % sign)

In: Finance

You will be paying $10,700 a year in tuition expenses at the end of the next...

You will be paying $10,700 a year in tuition expenses at the end of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 10%.

a.

What is the present value and duration of your obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Present value" to 2 decimal places and "Duration" to 4 decimal places.)

  
  Present value $            
  Duration years
b.

What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that would immunize your obligation and its future redemption value? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration" to 4 decimal places and "Future redemption value" to 2 decimal places.)

  
  Duration years
  Future redemption value $            
You buy a zero-coupon bond with value and duration equal to your obligation.
c-1.

Now suppose that rates immediately increase to 11%. What happens to your net position, that is, to the difference between the value of the bond and that of your tuition obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

  Net position changes by $   
c-2.

What if rates fall to 9%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

  Net position changes by $   

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12. What is the value of each share of stock if the FCF this year is...

12. What is the value of each share of stock if the FCF this year is 20 million, the growth rate is 5%, the WACC is 8%, the amount of debt and preferred stock is 90 million and there are 5 million shares outstanding

a. 122

b. 115

c. 140

d. 150

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Consider a mutual fund with $207 million in assets at the start of the year and...

Consider a mutual fund with $207 million in assets at the start of the year and with 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income at the end of the year of $4 million. The stocks included in the fund's portfolio increase in price by 8%, but no securities are sold, and there are no capital gains distributions. The fund charges 12b-1 fees of 1.00%, which are deducted from portfolio assets at year-end.

a.

What is net asset value at the start and end of the year? (Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 3 decimal places.)

  
Net Asset Value
  Start of the year $        
  End of the year        
    
b.

What is the rate of return for an investor in the fund? (Use rounded "Net Asset Value". Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

  
  Rate of return %

In: Finance

A. What is the ERR for this project? Assume that MARR = 15% per year. Is...

A. What is the ERR for this project? Assume that MARR = 15% per year. Is this project considered to be profitable?

Investment cost

$15,000

Expected life

7 years

Market (salvage)

–$1,500a

Annual receipts

$8,750

Annual expenses

$3,550

a A negative market value means that there is a net cost to dispose of an asset.

B. What is the discounted payback period?     

In: Economics

The Harris Company is the lessee on a four-year lease with the following payments at the...

The Harris Company is the lessee on a four-year lease with the following payments at the end of each year:

Year 1: $ 11,000
Year 2: $ 16,000
Year 3: $ 21,000
Year 4: $ 26,000


An appropriate discount rate is 7 percentage, yielding a present value of $61,233.


a-1. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the initial value of the right-of-use asset?




a-2. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the initial value of the lease liability?




a-3. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the lease expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1?




a-4. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the interest expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)




a-5. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the amortization expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)




b-1. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the initial value of the right-of-use asset?




b-2. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the initial value of the lease liability?




b-3. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the lease expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)




b-4. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the interest expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)




b-5. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the amortization expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

In: Finance

A culvert for a new roadway fill is to be designed for a 25 year flood....

A culvert for a new roadway fill is to be designed for a 25 year flood. Hydrologic
analysis results in a peak discharge of 5.66 m3
/s for this flood. The inlet invert
elevation is 30.48m, natural stream bed slope is 0.01,tailwater depth above the outlet
invert level is 1.1m, culvert length is 60.96 m and the roadway shoulder elevation is
33.5m. Design a concrete pipe culvert for this site. Assume that the accepted design
practice requires a 0.61m freeboard between the water surface in the upstream pool
and the shoulder. Also, the culvert will be a circular concrete pipe with the square
edge with headwall

In: Civil Engineering

You are asked to plan a budget of University of Connecticut for the next year. The...

You are asked to plan a budget of University of Connecticut for the next year. The two major expenses involve computers, x1 and classroom furniture, x2. The university utility function is given byU(x1, x2)=ln x1 + 2ln x2

a) Find optimal "consumption" of computers and furniture if P1=2 and P2=4 and the available funds are m= 60.

b) Is computer an ordinary or a Giffen good ? Determin whether computer is a gross complement,gross substitute or neither, for classroom furniture. (Explain these questions using partial derivatives)

c) Please draw the price offer curve for x2 given p1=4 and m = 60.

In: Economics