Questions from General Finance


Q: A firm has no financial investments, and all its activities are

A firm has no financial investments, and all its activities are in the domestic market where it faces no foreign competition. It has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1 and is the subject of a 40 percent tax...

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Q: Consider a 6 percent coupon bond with a $1,000

Consider a 6 percent coupon bond with a $1,000 face value maturing tomorrow. a. What would be the price at which the bond is quoted? b. According to bond conventions, what is the bond’s flat price? c....

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Q: Albarval Co. expects its return on assets to be stable at

Albarval Co. expects its return on assets to be stable at 12 percent, assuming a target capital structure of 80 percent equity and 20 percent debt. Suppose that the firm’s borrowing rate is 8 percent,...

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Q: What are the major issues that a firm risk policy must address

What are the major issues that a firm risk policy must address? Indicate what a firm could do to resolve these issues.

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Q: Lolastar Co. is evaluating two competing investment projects. They both

Lolastar Co. is evaluating two competing investment projects. They both require an investment of $25 million. The company cost of capital is 10 percent for projects of this type. The expected cash flo...

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Q: The General Construction Company (GCC) is expecting a cash flow

The General Construction Company (GCC) is expecting a cash flow from assets of €50 million next year that is expected to grow forever at 3 percent. Its cost of capital is 11 percent. The firm is expos...

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Q: HDM, a computer manufacturing company, holds computer parts in its

HDM, a computer manufacturing company, holds computer parts in its inventory whose prices fall rapidly because suppliers can produce them faster, more efficiently, and in large quantities just a few m...

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Q: ZHU share price is $50. The risk-free rate

ZHU share price is $50. The risk-free rate is 2 percent. Suppose you want to enter a forward contract for delivery of ZHU shares in one year. Assuming that ZHU won’t pay any dividend in the coming yea...

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Q: Autos for the Future (AFF) is considering a joint venture

Autos for the Future (AFF) is considering a joint venture with Autos for Everyone (AFE) to build a new automobile. Each company will invest €250 million in the joint venture. The present value of the...

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Q: Show that the forward price given by equation 16.3 is

Show that the forward price given by equation 16.3 is consistent with the forward price given by the spot-forward parity equation 16.2.

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