International Financial Management
International Financial Management
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ISBN: 9780357130698
Author: Madura
Publisher: Cengage
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Executives at XYZ Corporation realize that they have too much liquid assets. They want to use this cash to buy a company that has decent returns to maximize their asset utilization. They find two companies they can buy, and want to decide if they should acquire company A or Company B. The expected returns from both companies depending on the state of the economy are shown in the table below. Each state of the economy is equally likely to happen. State of the economy Return on company A(%) Return on company B (%) Worse than expected 7.3% -4.7% Expected 11.5% 5.4% Better than expected 16.6% 24.3%   Calculate the expected rate of return, and standard deviation of each company. [Note: you are supposed to show every step of your calculation and interpret the result.] without using excel
Executives at XYZ Corporation realize that they have too much liquid assets. They want to use this cash to buy a company that has decent returns to maximize their asset utilization.  They find two companies they can buy, and want to decide if they should acquire company A or Company B. The expected returns from both companies depending on the state of the economy are shown in the table below. Each state of the economy is equally likely to happen. State of the economy Return on company A(%) Return on company B (%) Worse than expected 7.3% -4.7% Expected 11.5% 5.4% Better than expected 16.6% 24.3%   Calculate the expected rate of return, and standard deviation of each company. [Note: you are supposed to show every step of your calculation and interpret the result.]  Critically evaluate the importance of the standard deviation factor in comparing investments. [Note: remember to use Harvard referencing to reference your sources]
The Federal Reserve recently shifted its monetary policy causing Lasik Vision’s WACC to change. Lasik had recently analyzed the project whose cash flow are shown below. However, the CFO wants to reconsider this and all other proposed projects in view of the Fed action. How much did the changed WACC caused forecasted and NVP to change? assume that the Fed action does not affect the cash flows and note that a project’s projected NPV can be negative, in which case it should be rejected. (Hint: you need to find the NPVs under WACC = 7% and 10%).   New WACC= 7%   Old WACC= 10% Year: 0 1 2 3   Cash flows: ($1,000) $500 $520 $540
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    Lasik Vision Inc. recently analyzed the project whose cash flows are shown below. However, before Lasik decided to accept or reject the project, the Federal Reserve took actions that changed interest rates and therefore the firm's WACC. The Fed's action did not affect the forecasted cash flows. By how much did the change in the WACC affect the project's forecasted NPV? Note that a project's projected NPV can be negative, in which case it should be rejected.  Old WACC: 8.00%   New WACC: 9.75% Year 0     1   2   3   Cash flows -$1,000 $410 $410 $410 Select one: a. -$29.25 b. -$34.12 c. -$28.60 d. -$32.50 e. -$30.55 Clear my choice
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