Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Your factory has been offered a contract to produce a part for

Your factory has been offered a contract to produce a part for a new printer. The contract would last for three years and your cash flows from the contract would be $5 million per year. Your upfront s...

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Q: Given $100,000 to invest, construct a value-

Given $100,000 to invest, construct a value-weighted portfolio of the four stocks listed below.

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Q: Consider the following five monthly returns: / *b

Consider the following five monthly returns: *b. Calculate the geometric average monthly return over this period. c. Calculate the monthly variance over this period. d. Calculate the monthly standard...

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Q: You hear on the news that the S&P 500 was

You hear on the news that the S&P 500 was down 2% today relative to the risk-free rate (the market’s excess return was -2% ). You are thinking about your portfolio and your investments in Apple and Pr...

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Q: You are considering opening a new plant. The plant will cost

You are considering opening a new plant. The plant will cost $100 million upfront and will take one year to build. After that, it is expected to produce profits of $30 million at the end of every year...

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Q: Suppose the risk-free return is 4% and the market

Suppose the risk-free return is 4% and the market portfolio has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 16%. Johnson & Johnson Corporation stock has a beta of 0.32. What is its expected...

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Q: What is the sign of the risk premium of a negative-

What is the sign of the risk premium of a negative-beta stock? Explain. (Assume the risk premium of the market portfolio is positive.)

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Q: EJH has a beta of 1.2, CSH has a

EJH has a beta of 1.2, CSH has a beta of 0.6, and KMS has a beta of 1.0. If you put 25% of your money in EJH, 25% in CSH, and 50% in KMS, what is the beta of your portfolio?

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Q: Suppose Intel stock has a beta of 1.6, whereas

Suppose Intel stock has a beta of 1.6, whereas Boeing stock has a beta of 1. If the risk-free interest rate is 4% and the expected return of the market portfolio is 10%, according to the CAPM, a. What...

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Q: You are thinking of buying a stock priced at $100 per

You are thinking of buying a stock priced at $100 per share. Assume that the risk free rate is about 4.5% and the market risk premium is 6%. If you think the stock will rise to $117 per share by the e...

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