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Sole proprietorship C corporation S corporation Limited partnership |
easy to set up. single taxation of income. limited liability. ownership and control are not separated. |
Reducing the number of payments. Increasing the number of payments. Increasing the interest rate. Decreasing the liquidity of the payments. |
A typical car loan. A typical mortgage. A typical apartment rental agreement. A credit card balance. |
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Question 5. 5. (TCO G) What are the names of the four components of the DuPont Identity and how are they calculated? What does each measure? (Points : 20)
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Question 6. 6. (TCO D) A stock has just paid a dividend and has declared an annual dividend of $2.00 to be paid one year from today. The dividend is not expected to grow. The return on equity for similar stocks is 12%. What is P0? (Points : 20)
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Question 7. 7. (TCO D) A stock has just declared an annual dividend of $2.25 to be paid one year from today. The dividend is expected to grow at a 7% annual rate. The return on equity for similar stocks is 12%. What is P0? (Points : 20)
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Question 8. 8. (TCO D) A bond has 5 years to maturity and has a YTM of 8%. Its par value is $1,000. Its semiannual coupons are $50. What is the bonds current market price? (Points : 10)
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Question 9. 9. (TCO D) A bond currently sells for $887 even though it has a par of $1,000. It was issued two years ago and had a maturity of 10 years. The coupon rate is 7% and the interest payments are made semiannually. What is its YTM? (Points : 10)
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Question 10. 10. (TCO D) What is β and why is it important to investors and issuers of stock? Describe the behavior of stocks with βs of greater than one, less than one, and less than zero. (Points : 30)
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Question 11. 11. (TCO E) A company has 10 million shares outstanding trading for $7 per share. It also has $300 million in outstanding debt. If its equity cost of capital is 15%, and its debt cost of capital is 9%, and its effective corporate tax rate is 40%, what is its weighted average cost of capital? (Points : 30)
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Question 12. 12. (TCO A) What is the difference between capital structure and capital budgeting? Explain and give an example of a capital structure decision and an example of a capital budgeting decision. (Points : 25)
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Question 13. 13. (TCO H) What is the difference between the cash cycle and the operating cycle? Under what condition would they be the same? (Points : 30)
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Question 14. 14. (TCO F) A company has the opportunity to do any of the projects for which the net cash flows per year are shown below. The company has a cost of capital of 12%. Which should the company do and why? You must use at least two capital budgeting methods. Show your work.
(Points : 40)
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