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If you are scheduled to receive a certain sum of money five years from now but wish to sell your contract for its present value, which type of compounding would you prefer to be used in the calculation? Why?...

mule:The less compounding (the least amount of compounding), the higher will be the present value of the contract, which is what you want because when you sell, you will get more money.... More...


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20.What is the distinction between the money market and the capital market? Is the distinction real or artificial?...

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Luis has taken a hypothecating loan by $225,000 to a 4% to 5 years. which will be the total amount of paid interests?
a.$12,444.66
b.$14,855.65
c.$18,566.47
d.$21,7567.33
e.$27,706.34...

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The ?Rule of 72? suggests that an amount will double in 12 years at a 6 percent compound annual rate or double in 6 years at a 12 percent annual rate. Is this a useful rule, and is it an accurate one?...

mule:Have you always wanted to be able to do compound interest problems in your head? Probably not, but it's a very useful skill to have because it gives you a lightning fast benchmark to determine how good (or not so good) a potential investment is likely to be.

The rule says that to find t... More...


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Sven Smorgasbord is 35 years old is presently experiencing the ?good? life. As a result, he anticipates that he will increase his weight at a rate of 3 percent a year. At present he weighs 200 pounds. What will he weigh at age 60?...

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If you are scheduled to receive a certain sum of money five years from now but wish to sell your contract for its present value, which type of compounding would you prefer to be used in the calculation? Why?...

mule:The less compounding (the least amount of compounding), the higher will be the present value of the contract, which is what you want because when you sell, you will get more money.... More...


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10.If the owners of a new corporation are very few in number, does becoming an S corporation make sense for tax purposes? Explain....

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19.Pick a financial intermediary with which you are familiar and explain its economic role. Does it make the financial markets more efficient?...

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7.Should the managers of a company own sizable amounts of common stock in the company? What are the pros and cons?

Fundamental of Financial Management - 12 Edition


Chapter I: The Role of Financial Management...

Clive L:It is in the interests of a company for managers, and for that matter employees, to hold shares in the organisation. When these persons are shareholders they are more likely to work towards making the enterprise more profitable, efficient and sustainable. As the basis of any enterprise is to provide... More...


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In trying to judge whether a company has too much debt, what financial ratios would you use and for what purpose?...

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16.What is meant by making the financial markets more efficient? More complete?...

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Which firm is more profitable ? Firm A with a total asset turnover of 10.0 and a net profit margin of 2 percent, of Firm B with a total asset turnover of 2.0 and a net profit margin of 10 percent? Provide examples of both types of firm....

rafitozz:firm b... More...


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21.How do transaction costs affect the flow of funds and the efficiency of financial markets?...

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9.As an investor, do you think that some managers are paid too much? Do their rewards come at your expense?...

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Say you are an analyst with an investment management company and are asked to evaluate the following valuation methods as to the most appropriate for a possible venture index composed of dot.com companies that have no earnings, never had any earnings, and do not expect any earnings in the immediate future.
a. DDM

b. FCFE

c. Price/Earnings

d. Price/Book

Out of the 4 methods which one would you select, and briefly explain of support for your selec...

MikeInRI:I would choose b. FCFE because at this point in time you are deal with a start up so they would not be paying dividends most likely (that eliminates DDM), they probably have negative or low earnings (so P/E is eliminated), and they probably don't have much in the way of real assets at this point (el... More...


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If a company lacks the ability to liquidate and sales declines along with declining ROA, ROI, and ROE. Will it self off ownership in order to come up with some form of capital or will it turn towards the government for help....

Serge M:It is a complex question. government will not help except in rare cases such as the recent bailout of Bear Stearns. I'm not sure inability to liquidate is possible. Anything can be liquidated if the price is right. the company can just close its doors, or it can file for bankruptcy. Your question co... More...


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13.What is the purpose of financial markers? How can this purpose be accomplished efficiently?...

Sharon F:the purpose is to let a business know where it stands financially

rather good or bad....i guess you can say its like the business goals and where it wants or needs to be (financially)

this can be accomplished by creating a budget and sticking within that budget... More...


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19.Pick a financial intermediary with which you are familiar and explain its economic role. Does it make the financial markets more efficient?...

~??CJ??~:I think the easiest financial intermediary to use for this question would be banks. Your other choices would be credit unions, mutual funds, insurance companies, life insurance companies, financial advisers, and pension funds.... More...


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Explain why a long-term creditor should be interested in liquidity ratios....

jj48bv25:A long term creditor should be interested in Liquidity Ratios because if they are considering loaning money in the long term they need to know how liquid a prospective clients assets are. They need to know that all of the clients money isn't locked up in long term investments. They need to know th... More...


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Does present value decrease at a linear rate, at an increasing rate, or at a decreasing rate with the discount rate? Why?...

Michael M:PV decreases at a decreasing rate as the discount rate goes up.

PV increases at an increasing rate as the discount rate goes down.

PV is an example of an exponential (not linear) function. Here is a simple single period PV where the we are trying to value $100 with a discount r... More...


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Why do short-term creditors, such as banks, emphasize balance sheet analysis when considering loan requests? Should they also analyze projected income statements? Why?...

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12.What is the purpose of the carryback and the carryforward provisions in the tax laws?...

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Finance....?
Say you are an analyst with an investment management company and are asked to evaluate the following valuation methods as to the most appropriate for a possible venture index composed of dot.com companies that have no earnings, never had any earnings, and do not expect any earnings in the immediate future.
a. DDM

b. FCFE

c. Price/Earnings

d. Price/Book

Out of the 4 methods which one would you select, and briefly explain of support for your selec...

Showbizzz:FCFE-

without dividends and /or earnings, DDM and P/E are useless.

P/B may be acceptable, but always remember

Cash is fact, equity is opinion.

Cashflow is the mother's milk of commerce.... More...


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5.Explain why judging the efficiency oh any financial decision requires the existence of a goal.


Fundamental of Financial Management - 12 Edition


Chapter I: The Role of Financial Management...

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when is the rebate suppose to come. am i correct its to be $800.00 for single people and $1600.00. when ?...

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I'm studying for finals and looking over an old test. Its multiple choice and she circled the correct answer but i keep getting $928.39. Can someone please explain how i answer this problem? Thanks in advance...heres the question:

The Carter Company's bonds that mature in 12 years have a par value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 8%, with semi-annual coupon payments. The market interest rate for the bonds is 9% What is the price of these bonds?
She has 927.52 marked as the correct ...

MattMan:i'm getting 928.39 as well. What did she say was the correct answer??

I tried really hard to get the 927... but I couldn't get to it. I think you're right; she made a mistake.

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9.As an investor, do you think that some managers are paid too much? Do their rewards come at your expense?...

Sharon F:....
i feel that nothing is free....if they are managing your accounts/investments then you should be willing to pay

their services are not cheap or free... More...


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12.What is the purpose of the carryback and the carryforward provisions in the tax laws?...

theoriginalgodwynn:Do your own homework and stop spamming Yahoo! Answers because you won't read a textbook.

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10.If the owners of a new corporation are very few in number, does becoming an S corporation make sense for tax purposes? Explain....

Syn:Maybe, that or a LLC. It all depends on your specific circumstances. Better ask a tax professional what would be best for your situation, and they will ask you all of the necessary questions, because you need to provide a lot more info than that to make an accurate determination.... More...


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How do transaction costs affect the flow of funds and the efficiency of financial markets?...

Sharon F:your question doesn't make sense; be a little more specific

what industry are you speaking of?

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