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You are analyzing a project with the following cash flows: Year 0:      -240,000 Year 1:      +...

  1. You are analyzing a project with the following cash flows:

Year 0:      -240,000

Year 1:      + 10,000

Year 2:      + 55,000

Year 3:      +100,000

Year 4:      +380,000

What is the NPV for this project, using a 15% discount rate?

Multiple Choice

  • The Project has an NPV of $69,281

  • The Project has an NPV of $58,445

  • The Project has an NPV of $70,617

  • The Project has an NPV of $93,301

What is the IRR for this project?

Multiple Choice

  • The Project has an IRR of 26.51%

  • The Project has an IRR of 28.13%

  • The Project has an IRR of 22.93%

  • The Project has an IRR of 19.32%

What is the Payback for this project:

Multiple Choice

  • The Project has a payback of 3.20 years

  • The Project has a payback of 3.88 years

  • The Project has a payback of 3.05 years

  • The Project has a payback of 3.28 years

What is the Profitability Index for this Project

Multiple Choice

  • The Project has a P.I. of 1.65

  • The Project has a P.I. of 2.33

  • The Project has a P.I. of 1.39

  • The Project has a P.I. of 1.44

Based on your analysis and given what you know about capital budgeting, which one of the following statements is correct regarding the Project just analyzed in the previous 5 questions (#14-#18)?

Multiple Choice

  • You should accept the Project since its IRR is lower than the hurdle rate of 15%

  • You should reject the Project

  • You should accept the Project, since its Profitability Index is less than 1.0

  • You should accept the Project, since its NPV is positive

In: Finance

You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million...

You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks:

Stock Investment Stock's Beta Coefficient
A $160 million 0.7
B 120 million 1.5
C 80 million 2.3
D 80 million 1.0
E 60 million 1.4

Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 3%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic:

Probability Market Return
0.1 -29 %
0.2 0
0.4 14
0.2 31
0.1 47
  1. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.)
    1. ri = 4.4% + (10.5%)bi
    2. ri = 3.0% + (10.6%)bi
    3. ri = 7.0% + (10.2%)bi
    4. ri = 3.0% + (10.5%)bi
    5. ri = 4.4% + (10.6%)bi

    -Select-IIIIIIIVVItem 1

  2. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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  3. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a position in the stock is $50 million, it has an expected return of 15%, and its estimated beta is 1.4. Should Kish invest in the new company?

    The new stock -Select-should notshouldItem 3 be purchased.

    At what expected rate of return should Kish be indifferent to purchasing the stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million...

You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks:

Stock Investment Stock's Beta Coefficient
A $160 million 0.7
B 120 million 1.3
C 80 million 2.1
D 80 million 1.0
E 60 million 1.7

Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 3%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic:

Probability Market Return
0.1 -29 %
0.2 0
0.4 14
0.2 30
0.1 49
  1. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.)
    1. ri = 3.0% + (9.4%)bi
    2. ri = 3.2% + (10.6%)bi
    3. ri = 3.2% + (9.4%)bi
    4. ri = 3.0% + (10.6%)bi
    5. ri = 1.4% + (9.8%)bi

    -Select-IIIIIIIVVItem 1

  2. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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  3. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a position in the stock is $50 million, it has an expected return of 17%, and its estimated beta is 1.5. Should Kish invest in the new company?

    The new stock -Select-should notshouldItem 3 be purchased.

    At what expected rate of return should Kish be indifferent to purchasing the stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Iconic memory is a type of memory that holds visual information for about half a second...

Iconic memory is a type of memory that holds visual information for about half a second (0.5 seconds). To demonstrate this type of memory, participants were shown three rows of four letters for 50 milliseconds. They were then asked to recall as many letters as possible, with a 0-, 0.5-, or 1.0-second delay before responding. Researchers hypothesized that longer delays would result in poorer recall. The number of letters correctly recalled is given in the table.

Delay Before Recall
0 0.5 1
9 4 5
5 9 1
7 9 4
6 6 5
10 5 2
11 3 7

(a) Complete the F-table. (Round your values for MS and F to two decimal places.)

Source of Variation SS df MS F
Between groups
Within groups (error)
Total


(b) Compute Tukey's HSD post hoc test and interpret the results. (Assume alpha equal to 0.05. Round your answer to two decimal places.)

The critical value is  for each pairwise comparison.


Which of the comparisons had significant differences? (Select all that apply.)

The null hypothesis of no difference should be retained because none of the pairwise comparisons demonstrate a significant difference.Recall following no delay was significantly different from recall following a one second delay.Recall following a half second delay was significantly different from recall following a one second delay.Recall following no delay was significantly different from recall following a half second delay.

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You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million...

You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks:

Stock Investment Stock's Beta Coefficient
A $160 million 0.6
B 120 million 1.2
C 80 million 2.1
D 80 million 1.0
E 60 million 1.9

Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 4%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic:

Probability Market Return
0.1 -30 %
0.2 0
0.4 11
0.2 32
0.1 54
  1. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.)
    1. ri = 2.3% + (9.2%)bi
    2. ri = 2.3% + (11.1%)bi
    3. ri = 4.0% + (9.2%)bi
    4. ri = 5.3% + (8.6%)bi
    5. ri = 4.0% + (11.1%)bi

    -Select-IIIIIIIVVItem 1

  2. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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  3. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a position in the stock is $50 million, it has an expected return of 16%, and its estimated beta is 1.4. Should Kish invest in the new company?

    The new stock should or should not be purchased.?

    At what expected rate of return should Kish be indifferent to purchasing the stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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The table lists foreign exchange rates for August 30, 2018. On that day, how many dollars...

The table lists foreign exchange rates for August 30, 2018. On that day, how many dollars would be required to purchase 1,200 units of each of the following: British pounds, Canadian dollars, EMU euros, Japanese yen, Mexican pesos, and Swedish kronas? Use the direct quotation for your calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

Sample Exchange Rates: Thursday, August 30, 2018
Direct Quotation:
U.S. Dollars Required to
Buy One Unit of
Foreign Currency
(1)
Indirect Quotation:
Number of Units of
Foreign Currency per
U.S. Dollar
(2)
Australian dollar 0.7264 1.3767
Brazilian real 0.2409 4.1504
British pound 1.3009 0.7687
Canadian dollar 0.7702 1.2984
Chinese yuan 0.1461 6.8448
Danish krone 0.1565 6.3889
EMU euro 1.1670 0.8569
Hungarian forint 0.00357015 280.10
Israeli shekel 0.2767 3.6136
Japanese yen 0.00901 110.99
Mexican peso 0.0523 19.1133
South African rand 0.0679 14.7205
Swedish krona 0.1096 9.1200
Swiss franc 1.0317 0.9693
Venezuelan bolivar fuerte 0.00000403 248409.0001
Note: Column 2 equals 1.0 divided by Column 1. However, rounding differences do occur.
Source: Adapted from The Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com), August 30, 2018.
1,200 British pounds = $  
1,200 Canadian dollars = $  
1,200 EMU euros = $  
1,200 Japanese yen = $  
1,200 Mexican pesos = $  
1,200 Swedish kronas = $

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HCA Healthcare is considering an acquisition of Mission Health. Mission Health is a publicly traded company,...

HCA Healthcare is considering an acquisition of Mission Health. Mission Health is a publicly traded company, and its current beta is 1.30. Mission Health has been barely profitable and had paid an average of only 20 percent in taxes during the last several years. In addition, it uses little debt, having a debt ratio of just 25 percent. If the acquisition were made, HCA would operate Mission Health as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary. Mission Health would pay taxes on a consolidated basis, and the tax rate would therefore increase to 35 percent. HCA also would increase the debt capitalization in the Mission Health subsidiary to 40 percent of assets, which would increase its beta to 1.50. HCA estimates that Mission Health if acquired, would produce the following net cash flows to HCA's shareholders (in millions of dollars):

Year

Free Cash Flows to Equity holders

1

$1.30

2

$1.50

3

$1.75

4

$2.00

5 and beyond

Constant growth at 6%

These cash flows include all acquisition effects. HCA's cost of equity is 14 percent, its beta is 1.0, and its cost of debt is 10 percent. The risk-free rate is 8 percent.

a. What discount rate should be used to discount the estimated cash flow? (Hint: Use HCA's cost of equity to determine the market risk premium.)

b. What is the dollar value of Mission Health to HCA's shareholders?

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You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million...

You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks:

Stock Investment Stock's Beta Coefficient
A $160 million 0.7
B 120 million 1.1
C 80 million 1.9
D 80 million 1.0
E 60 million 1.6

Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 5%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic:

Probability Market Return
0.1 -28 %
0.2 0
0.4 14
0.2 31
0.1 52
  1. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.)
    1. ri = 7.0% + (8.5%)bi
    2. ri = 5.0% + (8.6%)bi
    3. ri = 8.8% + (9.2%)bi
    4. ri = 8.8% + (8.6%)bi
    5. ri = 5.0% + (9.2%)bi

    -Select-IIIIIIIVVItem 1

  2. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

      %

  3. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a position in the stock is $50 million, it has an expected return of 15%, and its estimated beta is 1.4. Should Kish invest in the new company?

    The new stock -Select-should or shouldn't be purchased.

    At what expected rate of return should Kish be indifferent to purchasing the stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.

      %

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Sunrise, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $296,400. Earnings before interest...

Sunrise, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $296,400. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $45,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 19 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 30 percent lower. The company is considering a $155,000 debt issue with an interest rate of 8 percent. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 7,800 shares outstanding. The company has a tax rate of 23 percent, a market-to-book ratio of 1.0, and the stock price remains constant.

  

a-1.

Calculate earnings per share (EPS) under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

a-2. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b-1. Calculate earnings per share (EPS) under each of the three economic scenarios assuming the company goes through with recapitalization. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b-2. Given the recapitalization, calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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PLEASE SHOW WORK USING EXCEL SPREADSHEET HCA HealthCare is considering an acquisition of Mission Health. Mission...

PLEASE SHOW WORK USING EXCEL SPREADSHEET

HCA HealthCare is considering an acquisition of Mission Health. Mission Health is a publicly traded company, and its current beta is 1.30. Mission Health has been barley profitable and had paid an average of only 20% in taxes during the last several years. In addition, it uses little debt, having a debt ration of just 25%. If the acquisition were made, HCA would operate Mission Health as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary. Mission Health would pay taxes on a consolidated basis, and the tax rate would therefore increase to 35%. HCA also would increase the debt capitalization in the Mission Health subsidiary to 40% of assets, which would increase its beta to 1.5. HCA estimates that Mission Health, if acquired, would produce the following net cash flows to HCA's shareholders (in millions of dollars):

Year Free Cash Flows to Equityholders
1 $1.30
2 $1.50
3 $1.75
4 $2.00
5+ constant growth rate at 6%

These cash flows include all acquisition effects. HCA's cost of equity is 14%; its beta is 1.0; and its cost of debt is 10%. The risk free rate is 8%

A. What discount rate should be used to discount the estimated cash flow? (Hint: Use HCA's cost of equity to determine the market risk premium)

B. What is the dollar value of Mission Health to HCA's shareholders?

In: Accounting