EBK FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCE
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Person X is ready to make his first investment. For the purpose of that he saved $10,000 and he has three alternative investment opportunities. In the first alternative, the par
The second alternative is company B’s stock paying a dividend of $2.63 and selling for $26.25. The third alternative is company E vending stock for $60 with a par value of $5 and dividend of 1.88. The company E expected to grow in the predictable future.
To determine: The person X should choose which investment.
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You have finally saved $10,000 and are ready to make your first investment. You have the following three
alternatives for investing that money:
• Capital Cities ABC, Inc., bonds, which have a par value of $1,000 and a coupon interest rate of 8.75
percent, are selling for $1,314 and mature in 12 years.
• Southwest Bancorp preferred stock is paying a dividend of $2.50 and selling for $25.50.
• Emerson Electric common stock is selling for $36.75. The stock recently paid a $1.32 dividend, and the
firm's dividend growth rate of last five years is 4 %. The firm expects to grow at the same rate for the
foreseeable future.
Your required rates of return for these investments are 6 percent for the bond, 7 percent for the preferred
stock, and 15 percent for the common stock.
Using this information, answer the following questions.
a. Calculate the value of each investment based on your required rate of return.
b. Which investment would you select? Why?
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Required:
Based on your respective required rates of returns, calculate the value of
a. Nationalism Commercial Bank bonds
b. Guadiana Life Limited preferred stock c. Grace Henderson Limited common stock d.…
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EBK FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCE
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