1) IBM expects to pay a dividend of $5 next year and expects these dividends to grow at 77% a year. The price of IBM is $85 per share. What is IBM's cost of equity capital?
2) Since your first birthday, your grandparents have been depositing $1,200into a savings account on every one of your birthdays. The account pays 9%
interest annually. Immediately after your grandparents make the deposit on your 18th birthday, the amount of money in your savings account will be closest to:
A.$69,386.25
B.$59,473.93
C.$29,736.97
D.$49,561.61
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Do dual classes of stocks aggravate or lessen the effects of agency problems? Explain how. If dual classes of stocks are bad for investors, as claimed by a number of institutional shareholders, then why do investors not protest it more vehemently? To estimate the monetary value of voting power, consider the price differences of GOOG and GOOGL. First, explain their differences in terms of voting powers. Next, find the difference in their stock prices. Is it significant? One argument for dual classes of shares is that it insulates management from the short-term mindset of the Wall Street. Do you agree? Why or why not?
In: Finance
Masters Corp. issues two bonds with 20-year maturities. Both bonds are callable at $1,050. The first bond is issued at a deep discount with a coupon rate of 4% and a price of $580 to yield 8.4%. The second bond is issued at par value with a coupon rate of 8.75%. a. What is the yield to maturity of the par bond and why? Why is it higher than the yield of the discount bond? b. If you expect rates to fall substantially in the next two years, which bond would prefer to hold?
I need a detailed answer for 10 marks
In: Finance
You lease a car with a $600 down payment (due at the start of the lease), 48 monthly payments of $553 (first payment due one month from today), and a $12,000 residual value. You plan to keep the car for 6 years total and sell it for an estimated $7,000. If your cost of capital is an APR of 4.8% (compounded monthly), what is the net cost of the lease including the effects of down payment, lease payments, residual value, and estimated $7,000 resale price? Round and express your answer to the nearest whole dollar (i.e., nearest integer).
In: Finance
Assume the following information for a company that produced
10,000 units and sold 8,000 units during its first year of
operations and produced 8,000 units and sold 10,000 units during
its second year of operations:
| Per Unit | Per Year | ||||||||
| Selling price | $ | 200 | |||||||
| Direct materials | $ | 82 | |||||||
| Direct labor | $ | 50 | |||||||
| Variable manufacturing overhead | $ | 10 | |||||||
| Sales commission | $ | 8 | |||||||
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ | 300,000 | |||||||
Using absorption costing, what is the cost of goods sold for the
second year of operations?
Multiple Choice
$1,780,000
$1,795,000
$1,406,000
$1,486,000
In: Accounting
Coney Island Entertainment issues $1,500,000 of 5% bonds, due in 10 years, with interest payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year.
Calculate the issue price of a bond and complete the first three rows of an amortization schedule when:
Required:
1. The market interest rate is 5% and the bonds issue at
face amount. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1)
(Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Do not
round interest rate factors. Round your answers to nearest whole
dollar.)
In: Accounting
Coney Island Entertainment issues $1,500,000 of 5% bonds, due in 10 years, with interest payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year.
Calculate the issue price of a bond and complete the first three rows of an amortization schedule when:
2. The market interest rate is 6% and the bonds issue at a discount. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Do not round interest rate factors. Round your answers to nearest whole dollar.)
In: Accounting
Coney Island Entertainment issues $1,500,000 of 5% bonds, due in 10 years, with interest payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year.
Calculate the issue price of a bond and complete the first three rows of an amortization schedule when:
3. The market interest rate is 4% and the bonds issue at a premium. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Do not round interest rate factors. Round your answers to nearest whole dollar.)
In: Accounting
Suppose the Fed increases interest rates in the country.
a. Which curve shifts first and why? Graph the Goods and Services market, including the shift.
b. What happened to the price level and RGDP in the short-run? What type of business cycle did this cause?
c. Over time, what will eventually happen to resource costs given the above scenario?
d. From your answer in part c, what subsequent shift will occur? Indicate this shift using your graph given above. What is the ultimate long-run effect on the Deflator and RGDP?
In: Economics
Phoenix Industries has pulled off a miraculous recovery. Four years ago it was near bankruptcy. Today, it announced a $3 per share dividend to be paid a year from now, the first dividend since the crisis. Analysts expect dividends to increase by $1 a year for another 2 years. After the third year (in which dividends are $5 per share) dividend growth is expected to settle down to a more moderate long-term growth rate of 6%. If the firm’s investors expect to earn a return of 14% on this stock, what must be its price?
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