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Finance
suppose you have $12000 to invest. if part is invested 10% and the rest at 15%, how much should be invested at each rate to yield 12% on the total investment?
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 7:56am

Finance
Determine the value of a $500 Canadian Pacific Limited perpetual 8 percent debenture if the required rate of return is 14%
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 7:14pm

Finance
Saturated Meat Corporation preferred stock is currently selling for $22 per share. The preferred dividend is $2.50 per share. If Jennifer requires a return of 10% on the preferred stock, should she invest in this stock?
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 6:28pm

Buisness - Finance
Determine the value of a $500 Canadian Pacific Limited perpetual 8 percent debenture if the required rate of return is 14%:
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 5:35pm

Public finance
Use utility theory explain why people ever leave all- u- can- eat buffets
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:07pm

Finance
Hello, I am doing a finance case, Twilight Acre Farms, and I am trying to determine cash flows. I was not given a revenue figure, only that productivity will increase 15% with the new machine. I do not know what to do. It says in the case that excess capacity is worth $35/hour...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 9:53pm

finance
Please help with finance question. Thanks What judgment would you make about diversification during an economic recession? An economic expansion?
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 4:09am

Finance
A company wants to buy a labor-saving piece of equipment. Using the NPV method of capital budgeting, determine the proposal's appropriateness and economic viability with the following information: Labor content is 12% of sales, which are annually $10 million. The new equip...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:04pm

Finance
Delta Software is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life, after which it will be worthless, and it will be depreciated by the straight line method over 3 years. Revenues and other operating costs are expecte...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 8:39pm

business
Choose one of the organizational departments, such as accounting, finance, HR, and so on of a business. What is the role of this department? What types of information does the department need? How does the department use that information?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 5:37pm

Financial Management
Lansing Inc. has decided to expand. During the last year the company borrowed $5 million for a term of 30 years to finance a new factory, and sold 60,000 shares of stock at $51 per share to pay for new equipment. Lansing also made a payment of $500,000 on an old long-term loan...
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 2:52pm

finance
Th e First National Bank of Great Falls is considering a leveraged lease agreement involving some mining equipment with the Big Sky Mining Corporation. Th e bank (40 percent tax bracket) will be the lessor; the mining company, the lessee (0 percent tax bracket); and a large Ca...
Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 4:26pm

finance
I am trying to figure out if sales forecasts and marketing forecasts are the same thing? Can you please help me?
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 9:38pm

Finance
How much money must you pay into an account at the beginning of each of 11 years in order to have $5,000 at the end of the 11th year? Assume that the account pays 8% per year, and round to the nearest $1.
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 6:15pm

COM 155
HAVE I DONE THIS CORRECTLY? Identify the topic sentence by underlining it. Identify the clincher by highlighting it. I HAVE USED CAPS INSTEAD OF UNDERLINE AND HIGHLIGHT IN MY CLASS, FOUNDATION OF PERSONAL FINANCE, I HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS MAY TAKE INTO CONS...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 1:36am

math
The unpaid balance of Dave's credit card is $295, and the finance charge is 4%; what is the new balance of the credit card including Dave's additional purchase of $75? A) $382.80 B) $381.80 C) $ 306.80 D)$ 370 IS A?THANK YOU:)))
Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:41pm

PreCalc
Rebecca and Tom Payton have decided to buy a home that costs $200,000. The Paytons can put down 20% of the home's price. They have applied for a 15-year, 9% FRM to finance the balance. They Paytons have a combined gross annual income of $70,000. How much will the Paytons p...
Monday, August 23, 2010 at 4:55pm

Finance
is the effective interest rate for a discount loan is greater than th stated reat of the intrest
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 3:56pm

Finance
Gap kids has several options: 1 run a loyalty program in which customers who spend $500 dollars in a year gets$50 off on a coupon for their next purchase of $100, the total cost is $25,000 to manage and implement this program. 2 a direct mail campaign costs $10,000 for every 1...
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:42pm

Finance
Your firm is considering leasing a new computer. The lease lasts for 9 years. The lease calls for 10 payments of $1,000 per year with the first payment occurring immediately. The computer would cost $7,650 to buy and would be straight-line depreciated to a zero salvage over 9...
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:35pm

finance
Consider the following data for a one-factor economy. All portfolios are well diversi ed. Table 1: One-factor Economy Portfolio E(r) Beta A 10% 1.0 F 4 0 Suppose another portfolio E is well diversi ed with a beta of 2/3 and expected return of 9%. Would an arbitrage opportunity...
Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 5:05pm

Finance
Suppose that your client decides to invest in your portfolio a proportion y of the total investment budget so that the overall portfolio will have an expected rate of return of 16%. a. What is the proportion y?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 8:50am

Finance
A company makes an investment of $150,000 with a useful life of 10 years and expects to use this investment to generate $300,000 in sales with $280,000 in incremental operating costs. If the company operates in an environment with a 30% tax rate, what are the expected after-ta...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 4:10pm

finance
Should Collins liberalize credit if a 15 percent after-tax return on investment is required? Assume Collins also needs to increase its level of inventory to support new sales and that inventory turnover is four times.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 3:47pm

finance
You have purchased a house and have obtained a 30-year, $ 200,000 mortgage with an interest rate of 10%. What is your annual payment? Assuming you bought the house on January 1, what is the principal after one year? ten years?
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 4:28pm

Finance
Medallion Cooling Systems, Inc., has total assets of $10,000,000, EBIT of $2,000,000, and preferred dividends of $200,000 and is taxed at a rate of 40%. In an effort to determine the optimal capital structure, the firm has assembled data on the cost of debt, the number of shar...
Monday, August 9, 2010 at 2:05pm

finance
Leggio Corporation issued 20-year, 7% annual coupon bonds at their par value of $1,000 one year ago. Today, the market interest rate on these bonds has dropped to 6%. What is the new price of the bonds, given that they now have 19 years to maturity
Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 9:21pm

finance
2. ABC Inc. is a levered company. The firm has $50 million bonds outstanding with an annual coupon rate of 4% and an YTM of 4%. It has 100 million shares outstanding with a price of $5 per share and a beta of 1.2. Corporate tax rate is assumed to be 40%. The risk rate is 2% an...
Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 4:44pm

personal finance
an attempt to increase income are part of what component of financial planning
Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 4:24pm

college marketing
Assume that you are an NBA team owner who wants to build an arena with a budget of $400 million. You will provide $200 million of your own funds, but must finance the remaining balance. Calculate your total loan payment based on the following information: A bank is willing to ...
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:37pm

personal finance
Which of the following investments would rank the highest with regard to safety? A)Government bonds B)Common stock C)Preferred stock D)Corporate bonds IS A Government bonds correct?thank you:))))
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:41am

personal finance
Renting is more advantageous than buying a home for: a)lower short-term living costs b)financial benefits c)long term investment purposes d)receiving tax benefits IS A CORRECT ANSWER?THANK YOU:))))
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 10:13pm

personal finance
A person with a total tax liability of $4,350 and withholding of federal taxes of $3,975 would: a)owe $4,350. b)owe $375. c)receive a refund of $4,350. d)receive a refund of $375. HE OWES $375,BUT I'M NOT SURE?THANK YOU:)))))
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 8:38pm

personal finance
Katherine Kosher has determined the following information about her own finansial situation.Her checking account is worth $850, and her savings account is worth $1200.She owns her own home that has a market value of $98,000.She has furniture and appliance worth $12,000 and hom...
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 8:07pm

FINANCE
Answer both questions A).The treasurer of a German firm has €5 million to invest for three months. The annual interest rate in the Germany is 4 percent: the interest rate in the United Kingdom is 2 percent. The spot rate of exchange is €1.1/£ and the three-mont...
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:45pm

personal finance
Attempts to increase income are part of the ________ component of financial planning. a)planning b)obtaining c)saving d)sharing IS A OR C CORRECT?THANK YOU:))))
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:31pm

personal finance
Sue and Tom Wright are assistant professors at the local university. They each take home about $42,000 per year after taxes. Sue is 37 years of age, and Tom is 35. Their two children, Mike and Karen, are 11 and 9. Were either one to die, they estimate that the remaining family...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 2:41pm

Business finance
Question No: 1 The overall (weighted average) cost of capital is composed of a weighted average of : a)The cost of common equity and the cost of debt b)The cost of common equity and the cost of preferred stock c)The cost of preferred stock and the cost of debt d)The cost of co...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 1:08pm

Business finance
Question No 1: Sumi Inc. has policy of paying a Rs. 9 per share dividend every year. If this policy is to continue indefinitely, what will be the value of a share of stock at a 12% required rate of return? Rs. 30 Rs. 45 Rs. 60 Rs. 75 Question No: 2 The XYZ Corporation is consi...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:58pm

Business finance
Question No 1: If two projects are _______________, the fact that they have unequal lives will not affect the analysis. a)Mutually exclusive b)Dependent c)Independent d)Correlated Question No 2: Mr. A, as a financial consultant, has prepared a feasibility report of a project f...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:55pm

Business finance
Question No: 1 What would be the capital spending for an organization who has purchased fixed assets of Rs. 200,000 and sold fixed assets of Rs. 45,000? Rs. 245,000 Rs. 200,000 Rs. 155,000 Rs. 45,000 Question No: 2 Selected information from SNT Company's accounting records...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:52pm

Business finance
Question No: 1 If sales revenue was Rs. 100,000, accounts receivable decreased by Rs. 4,000, and inventory increased by Rs. 3,000, cash received from customers would be: a)Rs. 107,000 b)Rs. 104,000 c)Rs. 101,000 d)Rs. 93,000 Question No 2: Kamran just won a lottery and want to...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:41pm

Finance
You are currently only invested in the Natasha Fund (aside from risk-free securities). It has an expected return of 14% with a volatility of 20%. Currently, the risk-free rate of interest of 3.8%. Your broker suggests that you add Hannah Corporation to your portfolio. Hannah C...
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:24pm

Finance
Using the data in the following table, estimate (a) he average return and volatility for each stock, (b) the covariance between the stocks, and (c) the correlation between these two stocks.
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:24pm

Finance
Consider the following two, completely separate, economies. Te expected return and volatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy, all stocks move together- in good times all prices rise together and in bad times they all fall together. In the sec...
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:15pm

Finance
Suppose the market risk premium is 6.5% and the risk-free interest rate is 5%. Calculate the cost of capital of investing in a project with a beta of 1.2.
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:13pm

Finance
31. Suppose the market portfolio is equally likely to increase by 30% or decrease by 10%. a. Calculate the beta of a firm that goes up on average by 43% when the market goes up and goes down by 17% when the market goes down. b. Calculate the beta of a firm that goes up on aver...
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:12pm

Finance
21. Consider an economy with two types of firms, S and I. S firms all move together. I firms move independently. For both types of firms, there is a 60% probability that the firms will have a 15% return and a 40% probability that the firms will have a -10% return. What is the ...
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 11:11pm

Coporate finance
Consider the following two, completely separate, economies. The expected return violatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy, all stocks move together-in good times all prices rise together and in bad times they all fall together. In the second...
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 9:08pm

english
I am having a hard time coming up with several sentences about an interaction with a friend or family member about personal finance or credit cards that includes five different pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives. Can anyone help me?
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 7:37pm

Finance
If the nations of the world were to suddenly cut off all trade with one another, what products might you no longer be able to obtain in your country? Choose one other country and identify the products it would need to do without
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 6:09pm

Finance
your company, Beta Corporation, is considering a new project which you must analyze. Based on the following data, what is the project's Year 1 operating cash flow?
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 4:17pm

business(plz help me to do the assignment,thanks)
J Plc is a medium-sized company producing a range of toys which it sells to wholesale distributors. Recently, its sales have begun to rise rapidly following a general recovery in the economy as a whole. The following information was extracted from the accounts of J Plc at the ...
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 10:58am

finance
In group of 5, you are required to tackle the following case study: Ocean Limited is a UK company specialised in commercial corporate dressing (trendy uniforms) for employees in sales, presentation, reception, fairs etc. They have 50 employees and are operating 100% in the do...
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 10:52am

Finance
Thirsty Cactus Corp. just paid a dividend of $1.25 per share. The dividends are expected to grow at 28 percent for the next eight years and then level off to a 6 percent growth rate indefinitely. If the required return is 13 percent, what is the price of the stock today? (Do n...
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:31pm

Finance
Marcel Co is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a 30 percent rate for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 6 percent thereafter. If the required return is 13 percent and the company just paid a $1.80 dividend, the current share p...
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:30pm

Finance
The next dividend payment by Hot Wings, Inc., will be $2.10 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a 5 percent growth rate forever. If the stock currently sells for $48 per share, the required return is percent. (Do not include the percent sign (%). Round your an...
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:29pm

Finance
Bread, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $6 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require an 11 percent return on the c...
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:28pm

Finance
You have found the following stock quote for RJW Enterprises, Inc., in the financial pages of today's newspaper. The closing price for this stock that appeared in yesterday's paper was $ (Do not include the dollar sign ($). Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g.,...
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 5:23pm

Finance
Delta Software is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life, after which it will be worthless, and it will be depreciated by the straight line method over 3 years. Revenues and other operating costs are expecte...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 7:56pm

Finance/Math
PLease help, I have a business finance class I am really ineed of help. I do not understand this at all. I have gone over and over the instructions and I am still getting it wrong. Please help. Year Cash Flow 1 $695,000 2 876,250 3 1,057,500 4 1,238,750 5 1,420,000 1. Calculat...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 8:30pm

corporate finance
Bunyan Lumber, LLC Closing Case: When should the company harvest the forest? Can you help me get started on this assignment? Bunyan Lumber, LLC, harvests timber and delivers logs to timber mills for sale. The company was founded 70 years ago by Pete Bunyan. The current CEO is ...
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 2:03pm

corporate finance
How does Ben's age affect his decision to get an MBA
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 10:00am

Finance
Select a company and country that interests you. You have been asked to evaluate the country you selected as a potential market for your product(s)/service(s) and present your findings to other managers of the organization in a memo. In your memo, be sure to address the follow...
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 7:32pm

Finance
How come no one is answering any of the Finance questions?
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11:08am

Finance
Ngata Corp. issued 12-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.4 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 105 percent of par value, the YTM is ? percent
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:49pm

Finance
Bond X is a premium bond making annual payments. The bond pays an 8 percent coupon, has a YTM of 6 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making annual payments. This bond pays a 6 percent coupon, has a YTM of 8 percent, and also has 13 years to matur...
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:45pm

Finance
Both Bond Sam and Bond Dave have 9 percent coupons, make semiannual payments, and are priced at par value. Bond Sam has 3 years to maturity, wheareas Bond Dave has 20 years to maturity. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, the percentage change in the price of Bonds S...
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:30pm

finance
Cooper Inc's latest EPS was $4.00, its book value per share was $20.00, it had 200,000 shares outstanding, and its debt ratio was 40%. How much debt was outstanding?
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:55pm

Finance
Fine Breads Inc. paid out $26,000 common dividends during 2005, and it ended the year with $150,000 of retained earnings. The prior year’s retained earnings were $145,000. What was the firm's 2005 net income?
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:53pm

Finance
Madison Metals recently reported $9,000 of sales, $6,000 of operating costs other than depreciation, and $1,500 of depreciation. The company had no amortization charges and no non-operating income. It had issued $4,000 of bonds that carry a 7% interest rate, and its federal-pl...
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 1:15am

Finance
Shop-Til-You-Drop Inc. recently reported net income of $5.2 million and depreciation of $600,000. What is was net cash flow? Assume it has no amortization expense.
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 1:14am

MTH233/statistics UOP
Industry 1980 1997 Agriculture 290 727 Mining 994 586 Construction 4,473 5,513 Manufacturing 21,165 18,633 Transportation 4,623 6,247 Trade 20,258 28,813 Finance and Insurance 5,295 7,367 Services 17,186 37,380 • • The table above shows the number of employees, in th...
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 1:55pm

Finance
if you bought 12,000 shares of stock at .50 per share and the stock falls to .25 per share how many additional shares would you have to buy to get your bottom line down to .25
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 6:03pm

Finance
Innovation Company is thinking about marketing a new software product. Upfront cost to market and develop the product are $5 million. The product is expected to generate profits of $1 million per year for 10 years. The company will have to provide product support expected to c...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 3:48am

Finance
You are considering opening a new plant. The plant will cost $100 million upfront. After that, it is expected to produce profits of $30 million at the end of every year. The cash flows are expected to last forever. Calculate the NPV of this investment opportunity if your cost ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 3:46am

Finance
Year Cash Flow 1 $695,000 2 876,250 3 1,057,500 4 1,238,750 5 1,420,000 1. Calculate the IRR and NPV of this project utilizing a 12% discount rate and a 15% cap rate. Ms. Brown was able to secure a loan for $1,540,000, and an equity investor agreed to invest the remaining $660...
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:35pm

Finance
You need to buy 20 computers for your business. You have the option of leasing the equipment for four years at $5,000 per year or buying the equipment at $1,000 per unit. Calculate the total cost for both options. What is the best option and why?
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 3:28pm

corporate finance
Life Balance, Inc. has found that its cost of common equity capital is 15 percent and its cost of debt capital is 9 percent. If the firm is financed with $6 million of common shares (market value) and $4 million of debt, what is the after tax weighted average cost of capital (...
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:22pm

corporate finance
Marigold Products is expected to pay a dividend of $1.98 one year from today. If the firm’s growth in dividends is expected to remain at a flat 4 percent forever, what is the cost of equity capital for Marigold if the price of its common shares is currently $33.00?
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:20pm

Finance
27.You have invested 40 percent of your portfolio in an investment with an expected return of 12 percent and 60 percent of your portfolio in an investment with an expected return of 20 percent. What is the expected return of your portfolio?
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 2:20am

Finance
25.Largent Supplies Corp. has borrowed to invest in a project. The loan calls for a payment of $17,384 every month for three years. The lender quoted Largent a rate of 8.40 percent with monthly compounding. At what rate would you discount the payments to find amount borrowed b...
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 2:07am

Finance
24.Norwood Investments is putting out a new product. The product will pay out $25,000 in the first year, and after that the payouts will grow by an annual rate of 2.5 percent forever. If you can invest the cash flows at 7.5 percent, how much will you be willing to pay for this...
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:58am

Finance
23.You plan to save $1,400 for the next four years, beginning now, to pay for a vacation. If you can invest it at 6 percent, how much will you have at the end of four years
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:37am

Finance
22.A lottery winner was given a perpetual payment of $11, 444. She could invest the cash flows at 7 percent. What is the present value of this perpetuity?
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:37am

Business Finance
21.Ogden wants to save for a trip to Australia. She will need $12,000 at the end of four years. She can invest a certain amount at the beginning of each of the next four years in a bank account that will pay her 6.8 percent annually. How much will she have to invest annually t...
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:10am

Finance
21. Ogden wants to save for a trip to Australia. She will need $12,000 at the end of four years. She can invest a certain amount at the beginning of each of the next four years in a bank account that will pay her 6.8 percent annually. How much will she have to invest annually ...
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:09am

Finance
17.Elegant Designers have generated sales of $625,000 for the current year. If they can grow their sales at a rate of 12 percent every year, how long will they take to triple their sales?
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 12:11am

Finance
16.Peterson Electrical Supplies has generated a net income of $161,424 this year. The firm expects to see an annual growth of 30 percent for the next five years, followed by a growth rate of 15 percent for each of the next three years. What will be the firm's expected net ...
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 12:05am

Finance
14.You need to have $15,000 in five years to pay off a home equity loan. You can invest in an account that pays 5.75 percent compounded quarterly. How much will you have to invest today to attain your target in five years?
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:49pm

FINANCE
You are graduating in September and would like to start your own business making wine coolers. You collect the following information on the initial costs: Cost of Plant & Equipment = $500,000 Licensing & Legal Costs = $50,000 You also have been left a tidy inheritance that wil...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 6:34pm

finance
Your best taxable investment opportunity has an EAR of 4%. Your best tax-free investment opportunity has an EAR of 3%. If your tax rate is 30%, which opportunity provides the higher after-tax interest rate?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 1:26pm

FINANCE
You are graduating in September and would like to start your own business making wine coolers. You collect the following information on the initial costs: Cost of Plant & Equipment = $500,000 Licensing & Legal Costs = $50,000 You also have been left a tidy inheritance that wil...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 12:04pm

CORPORATE FINANCE
You are graduating in September and would like to start your own business making wine coolers. You collect the following information on the initial costs: Cost of Plant & Equipment = $500,000 Licensing & Legal Costs = $50,000 You also have been left a tidy inheritance that wil...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 10:30pm

Finance
Why do firm's issue stock dividends?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 1:21am

finance
Oppenheimer Bank is offering a 30-year mortgage with an EAR of 5 3/8%. If you plan to borrow $150,000, what will your monthly payment be?
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 10:49pm

finance
You have credit card debt of $25,000 that has an APR (monthly compounding) of 15%. Each month you pay minimum monthly payment only. You are required to pay only the outstanding interest. You have received an offer in the mail for an otherwise identical credit card with an APR ...
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 10:46pm

finance
You have found three investment choices for a one year deposit: 10% APR compounded monthly, 10% APR compounded annually, and 9% APR compounded daily. Compute the EAR for each investment choice. Assume that there are 365 days in the year.
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 10:29pm

Finance
what is the present value of $1,000 paid at the end of the next 100 years if the interest rate is 7% per year?
Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 8:41pm

Finance
Investment X offers to pay you $6,000 per year for nine years, whereas Investment Y offers to pay you $8,000 per year for six years. If the discount rate is 5 percent, Investment X has a present value of ? and Investment Y has a present value of ?. If the discount rate is 15 p...
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:07pm

Finance
If you deposit $4,000 at the end of each of the next 20 years into an account paying 11.2 percent interest, you will have $ in the account in 20 years. How much will you have if you make deposits for 40 years? $
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:06pm

Finance
Find the EAR in each of the following cases. Stated Rate (APR) Number of Times 8 % Quarterly % 16 % Monthly % 12 % Daily % 15 % Infinite %
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:05pm

Finance
Suppose an investment offers to triple your money in 12 months (don't believe it). What rate of return per quarter are you being offered?
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:04pm

Finance
You have just won the lottery and will receive $1,000,000 in one year. You will receive payments for 30 years, which will increase 5 percent per year. The appropriate discount rate is 8 percent. What is the present value of your winnings?
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:04pm

finance
Julie's X-Ray Company paid $2.00 per share in common stock dividends last year. The company's policy is to allow its dividend to grow at 5 percent for 4 year and then the rate of growth changes to 3 percent per year from year 5 and on. What is the value of the stock if...
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 7:49pm

finance
Is a fixed-price contract a good way to achieve the government’s goal of curbing rising costs
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 1:05am

Finance 200
The Landis Corporation had 2008 sales of $100 million. The balance sheet items that vary directly with sales and the profit margin are as follows: Cash, 5%. Accounts receivable, 15. Inventory, 25. Net fixed assets, 40. Accounts payable, 15. Accruals, 10. Profit margin after ta...
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 1:17pm

Finance
You are the supervisor for a large technology-based corporation. One of your subordinate managers, Carly, is heading up a project for a new system that is scheduled to market on the 1st of the year. It is August and things are not progressing at the pace you had hoped. When yo...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:11pm

american government
Why has the Commerce Clause been used to target agriculture, transportation, finance, labor relations and the workplace?
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 2:48pm

finance
The capital structure of William Corporation limited consists of an ordinary share capital of Rs.20 lakhs (shares of Rs.100 per value) and Rs.20 lakhs of 10% debentures. The unit sales increased by 20% from 2,00,000 units to 2,40,000 units, the selling price is Rs.10 per unit,...
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 9:56am

finance
Last year Chart Corp. had sales of $300,000, operating costs of $265,000, and year-end assets of $200,000. The debt-to-total assets ratio was 25%, the interest rate on the debt was 10%, and the firm's tax rate was 35%. The new CFO wants to see how the ROE would have been a...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:57pm

Finance
Burger Corp has $500,000 of assets and it uses only common equity capital (zero debt). Its sales for the last year were $600,000 and its net income after taxes was $25,000. Stockholders recently voted in a new management team that has promised to lower costs and get the ROE up...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:32pm

personal finance
Sue and Tom Wright are assistant professors at the local university. They each take home about $42,000 per year after taxes. Sue is 37 years of age, and Tom is 35. Their two children, Mike and Karen, are 11 and 9. Were either one to die, they estimate that the remaining family...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:21pm

personal finance
Sue and Tom Wright are assistant professors at the local university. They each take home about $42,000 per year after taxes. Sue is 37 years of age, and Tom is 35. Their two children, Mike and Karen, are 11 and 9. Were either one to die, they estimate that the remaining family...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 6:23pm

Finance
Nance’s Restaurant, a local independent restaurant, is evaluating new point-of-sale (POS) systems and must determine if a new installation is feasible. A new POS installation would include both software and hardware, with a total cost of $20,000. Taking all of these facto...
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 12:12am

Finance
Suppose two athletes sign 10-year contracts for €80 million. In one case, we are told that the €80 million will be paid in 10 equal installments. In the other case, we are told that the Euros €80 million will be paid in 10 installments, but the installments will...
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 9:47pm

personal finance
A.After a protracted legal case, Joe won a settlement that will pay him $11,000 each year at the end of the year for the next ten years. If the market interest rates are currently 5%, exactly how much should the court invest today, assuming end of year payments, so there will ...
Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 7:23pm

college
• Select two organizational departments from the list below in a business: o Marketing o Customer Service o Finance o Planning • Write a response of at least 350 words in which you identify the roles of information systems within those departments. (Not functions) &#...
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 11:56pm

Quantitative Methods/Statistics
Byron is planning to finance his college education by selling programs at the Kaplan University football games. There is a fixed cost of $400 for printing these programs, and the variable cost is $3. There is also a $1,000 fee paid to the University for the right to sell these...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:47pm

math
Calculate the finance charge and new balance using the previous balance method. Previous balance = $179.32 Annual rate = 16% Finance charge = New purchases = $117.42 Payments/credits = $85.00 New balance =
Monday, June 14, 2010 at 2:53pm

Intro to Finance
compare and contrast long- and short-term financing. Describe situations in which each type of financing would be used.
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 9:13pm

Finance
Describe a work-related situation you feel could be improved. For example, you want to streamline the process for reimbursing employees, or you want to create a high-tech website for your small business but have no experience in programming or graphic creation.) Once you have ...
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 10:12pm

Finance
Break Even Analysis Healthy Foods Inc. Product 50 lb. bags Price $12.50 Per bag Fixed Costs $68,000 Variable Costs $0.15 Per lb. Annual Interest Exp $7,500 a. What is the break-even point in bags? b. Calculate the profit or loss on 12,000 bags and 25,000 bags. c. What is the d...
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 2:28pm

Finance
Business Investment A firm of attorneys deposits $5000 of profit-sharing money at the end of each semiannual period for years. Find the final amount in the account if the deposits earn 10% compounded semiannually.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 10:13pm

Finance
If I open an account of a 1000.00 and it pays year interest at .08 How much will i have in a year?
Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 1:25pm

Finance
are investors really made whole with a make-whole call provision
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 8:43pm

Operations management
how does finance marketing and personnel support product stategy in an organization
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 1:29pm

Healthcare Finance
Assume venture healthcare sold bonds that have a ten year maturity a 12 percent coupon rate with annual payments, and a $1,000 par value. A. Suppose that two years after the bonds were issued, the required interest rate fell to 7 percent. What would be the bonds value?
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 1:59pm

college: ECON
Pedro is a rice farmer. In order to grow rice, he needs $100 to buy seeds. Rice production is risky. If it turns out to be a GOOD year, Pedro has a harvest worth $500. If, instead, he has a BAD year, Pedro’s harvest is worth $0. Assume throughout this question that Pedro ...
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 9:21pm

Finance
How long will it take for money invested at 3.29% compunded monthly to double?
Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 10:41pm

Finance
Camping USA Inc. has only been operating for 2 years in the outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is a new manufacturer of a top-of-the-line camping tent. You are starting an internship as assistant to the chief financial officer of the company, and the owner and CEO, Tom ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 9:29pm

Finance
what is the value of a preferred stock when the dividend rate is 14% on a $100 value? the appropriate discount rate for a stock of this risk level is 12%
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 9:30pm

finance
Last year Charter Corp. had sales of $300,000, operating costs of $265,000, and year-end assets of $200,000. The debt-to-total-assets ratio was 25%, the interest rate on the debt was 10%, and the firm's tax rate was 35%. The new CFO wants to see how the ROE would have been...
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 8:22pm

Finance
How long would it take to accumulate $2,000,000 at a rate of 5% with the starting amount of $1,150,
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 7:56pm

Finance
Milwaukee Surgical Supplies, Inc., sells on terms of 3/10, net 30. Gross sales for the year are $1,200,000 and the collections department estimates that 30% of the customers pay on the tenth day and take discounts, 40% pay on the thirtieth day, and remaining 30% pay, on averag...
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 7:05pm

finance
Find the price of a bond with a face value of $12,500 that pays an annual coupon of $750 for a period of 11 years. The discount rate is 8% pa. Give your answer in dollars and cents to the nearest cent.
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 4:46am

finance
One yaer fom now, how much value creation is expected from the expansion? How much value is expected for stockholders? Bondholders? "Economic Growth " Probability W/O Expansion "With Expansion " "Total Without Expansion " "Total With Expansio...
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 7:39pm

finance
In the mid 1990s selected automobiles had an average cost of $12000.The average cost of those same automobiles is now $20000. What was the rate of increase for these automobiles between the two time periods?
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 7:30pm

Masters level finance
I am having a problem figuring out this problem. I understand the concept of depreciation and it occurs on non cash items over a period of time. However, there are no cash items to depreciate in this problem. Given the following information for O'Hara Marine Co, calculate ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:53pm

finance
Kim and Dan Bergholt are both government workers. They are considering purchasing a home in the Washington D.C. area for about $280,000. They estimate monthly expenses for utilities at $220, maintenance at $100, property taxes at $380, and home insurance payments at $50. Their...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:18am

Corporate Finance
Electronic Timing Inc (ETI) is a small company founded 15 years ago by electronic engineers Tom Miller and Jessica Kerr. EIT manufactures integrated circuits to capitalize on the complex nixed-signal design technology and has recently entered the market for frequency timing ge...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 6:53am

Finance
A CBS bond with a par value of $1,000, an interest rate of 7.625 percent, and a maturity of 10 years The bond is selling for $986. The required rates of return is 6 percent for the bond.
Monday, May 24, 2010 at 9:18pm

Finance 301
The net present value always provides the correct decision provided that ____________
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 10:22am

Fin 200 Intro to Finance
I am having trouble with week 1 assignment, to create a statement of cash flow. I am seriously confused on the directions and how to select which amounts to use and how to configure the increase and decreases of money, actually everything is confusing and it's due Sunday, ...
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 7:36pm

Finance
Landis Corporation The Landis Corporation had 2008 sales of $100 million. The balance sheet items that vary directly with sales and the profit margin are as follows: Percent Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Accounts receivable. . . . . ...
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 7:19pm

Fin 200 Intro to Finance
I have to make a statement of cash flow for the Crosby Corp from our week 1 assignment but I am totally lost, i just don't understand how to accomplish this.
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8:25am

Finance
It’s been two months since you took a position as an assistant financial analyst at Caledonia Products. Although your boss has been pleased with your work, he is still a bit hesitant about unleashing you without supervision. Your next assignment involves both the calculat...
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 12:06pm

Finance
I am trying to figure out how to compare long-and short-term financingand then describe situations in which each type of financing would be used.
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 11:48am

Healthcare Finance
Suppose the hospital pays out $300,000 in dividends. A stockholder receives $10,000. If a stockholder's tax rate on dividends is 15 percent, what is the after tax dividend?
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 5:42pm

economics
In the hope of high returns, venture capitalists provide funds to finance new (start up) companies. However, potential competitors and structures of the market into which the new firm enters are extremely important in realization of profits.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 3:04pm

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