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Corporate Finance With Connect Access Card 10th Edition Stephen Ross ,Randolph Westerfield ,Jeffrey Jaffe - Solutions
Growing Annuity Southern California Publishing Company is trying to decide whether to revise its popular textbook, Financial Psychoanalysis Made Simple.The company has estimated that the revision will cost $75,000. Cash flows from increased sales will be $21,000 the first year. These cash flows
Calculating the Number of Payments You’re prepared to make monthly payments of $350, beginning at the end of this month, into an account that pays 10 percent interest compounded monthly. How many payments will you have made when your account balance reaches $35,000?
Calculating Annuity Present Values You want to borrow $65,000 from your local bank to buy a new sailboat. You can afford to make monthly payments of $1,320, but no more. Assuming monthly compounding, what is the highest APR you can afford on a 60-month loan?
Calculating Loan Payments You need a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage to buy a new home for $250,000. Your mortgage bank will lend you the money at a 5.3 percent APR for this 360-month loan. However, you can only afford monthly payments of$950, so you offer to pay off any remaining loan balance at the
Present and Future Values The present value of the following cash flow stream is$7,300 when discounted at 8 percent annually. What is the value of the missing cash flow?Year Cash Flow 1 $1,500 2 ?3 2,700 4 2,900
Calculating Present Values You just won the TVM Lottery. You will receive $1 million today plus another 10 annual payments that increase by $275,000 per year. Thus, in one year you receive $1.275 million. In two years, you get $1.55 million, and so on. If the appropriate interest rate is 9 percent,
EAR versus APR You have just purchased a new warehouse. To finance the purchase, you’ve arranged for a 30-year mortgage for 80 percent of the $4,500,000 purchase price. The monthly payment on this loan will be $27,500. What is the APR on this loan? The EAR?
Present Value and Break-Even Interest Consider a firm with a contract to sell an asset for $115,000 three years from now. The asset costs $76,000 to produce today.Given a relevant discount rate on this asset of 13 percent per year, will the firm make a profit on this asset? At what rate does the
Present Value and Multiple Cash Flows What is the present value of $5,000 per year, at a discount rate of 6 percent, if the first payment is received 6 years from now and the last payment is received 25 years from now?
Variable Interest Rates A 15-year annuity pays $1,500 per month, and payments are made at the end of each month. If the interest rate is 12 percent compounded monthly for the first seven years, and 6 percent compounded monthly thereafter, what is the present value of the annuity?
Comparing Cash Flow Streams You have your choice of two investment accounts.Investment A is a 15-year annuity that features end-of-month $1,500 payments and has an interest rate of 8.7 percent compounded monthly. Investment B is an 8 percent continuously compounded lump-sum investment, also good
Calculating Present Value of a Perpetuity Given an interest rate of 6.1 percent per year, what is the value at Date t 5 7 of a perpetual stream of $2,500 annual payments that begins at Date t 5 15?
Calculating EAR A local finance company quotes a 16 percent interest rate on one-year loans. So, if you borrow $26,000, the interest for the year will be $4,160.Because you must repay a total of $30,160 in one year, the finance company requires you to pay $30,160y12, or $2,513.33, per month over
Calculating Present Values A 5-year annuity of ten $5,300 semiannual payments will begin 9 years from now, with the first payment coming 9.5 years from now. If the discount rate is 12 percent compounded monthly, what is the value of this annuity five years from now? What is the value three years
Calculating Annuities Due Suppose you are going to receive $20,000 per year for five years. The appropriate interest rate is 7 percent.a. What is the present value of the payments if they are in the form of an ordinary annuity? What is the present value if the payments are an annuity due?b. Suppose
Calculating Annuities Due You want to buy a new sports car from Muscle Motors for $73,000. The contract is in the form of a 60-month annuity due at a 6.45 percent APR. What will your monthly payment be?
Calculating Annuities Due You want to lease a set of golf clubs from Pings Ltd.The lease contract is in the form of 24 equal monthly payments at a 10.4 percent stated annual interest rate, compounded monthly. Because the clubs cost $2,300 retail, Pings wants the PV of the lease payments to equal
Growing Annuities Tom Adams has received a job offer from a large investment bank as a clerk to an associate banker. His base salary will be $55,000. He will receive his first annual salary payment one year from the day he begins to work.In addition, he will get an immediate $10,000 bonus for
Calculating Annuities You have recently won the super jackpot in the Washington State Lottery. On reading the fine print, you discover that you have the following two options:a. You will receive 31 annual payments of $250,000, with the first payment being delivered today. The income will be taxed
Calculating Growing Annuities You have 30 years left until retirement and want to retire with $2 million. Your salary is paid annually, and you will receive $70,000 at the end of the current year. Your salary will increase at 3 percent per year, and you can earn a return of 9 percent on the money
Balloon Payments On September 1, 2009, Susan Chao bought a motorcycle for$30,000. She paid $1,000 down and financed the balance with a five-year loan at a stated annual interest rate of 7.2 percent, compounded monthly. She started the monthly payments exactly one month after the purchase (i.e.,
Calculating Annuity Values Bilbo Baggins wants to save money to meet three objectives. First, he would like to be able to retire 30 years from now with a retirement income of $23,000 per month for 20 years, with the first payment received 30 years and 1 month from now. Second, he would like to
Calculating Annuity Values After deciding to buy a new car, you can either lease the car or purchase it with a three-year loan. The car you wish to buy costs $31,000.The dealer has a special leasing arrangement where you pay $1,500 today and$405 per month for the next three years. If you purchase
Calculating Annuity Values An All-Pro defensive lineman is in contract negotiations.The team has offered the following salary structure:Time Salary 0 $8,500,000 1 3,900,000 2 4,600,000 3 5,300,000 4 5,800,000 5 6,400,000 6 7,300,000 All salaries are to be paid in a lump sum. The player has asked
Discount Interest Loans This question illustrates what is known as discount interest. Imagine you are discussing a loan with a somewhat unscrupulous lender.You want to borrow $20,000 for one year. The interest rate is 15 percent. You and the lender agree that the interest on the loan will be .15 3
Calculating Annuity Values You are serving on a jury. A plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after a freak street sweeper accident. In the trial, doctors testified that it will be five years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. The jury has already decided in favor of the
Calculating EAR with Points You are looking at a one-year loan of $10,000. The interest rate is quoted as 8 percent plus three points. A point on a loan is simply 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. Quotes similar to this one are very common with home mortgages. The interest rate
Calculating EAR with Add-On Interest This problem illustrates a deceptive way of quoting interest rates called add-on interest. Imagine that you see an advertisement for Crazy Judy’s Stereo City that reads something like this: “$1,000 Instant Credit!18% Simple Interest! Three Years to Pay! Low,
Future Value and Multiple Cash Flows An insurance company is offering a new policy to its customers. Typically the policy is bought by a parent or grandparent for a child at the child’s birth. The details of the policy are as follows: The purchaser(say, the parent) makes the following six
Annuity Present Values and Effective Rates You have just won the lottery. You will receive $2,500,000 today, and then receive 40 payments of $1,250,000. These payments will start one year from now and will be paid every six months. A representative from Greenleaf Investments has offered to purchase
Perpetual Cash Flows What is the value of an investment that pays $30,000 every other year forever, if the first payment occurs one year from today and the discount rate is 13 percent compounded daily? What is the value today if the first payment occurs four years from today? Assume 365 days in a
Calculating EAR A check-cashing store is in the business of making personal loans to walk-up customers. The store makes only one-week loans at 7 percent interest per week.a. What APR must the store report to its customers? What is the EAR that the customers are actually paying?b. Now suppose the
International Investment Projects In October 2010, BMW announced plans to spend $1 billion to expand production at its plant in South Carolina. The plant produced the second generation BMW X3 as well as the company’s X5 and X6 models. BMW apparently felt it would be better able to compete and
Capital Budgeting Problems What are some of the difficulties that might come up in actual applications of the various criteria we discussed in this chapter? Which one would be the easiest to implement in actual applications? The most difficult?
Net Present Value The investment in Project A is $1 million, and the investment in Project B is $2 million. Both projects have a unique internal rate of return of 20 percent. Is the following statement true or false?For any discount rate from 0 percent to 20 percent, Project B has an NPV twice as
Net Present Value versus Profitability Index Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects available to Global Investments, Inc.:C0 C1 C2 Profitability Index NPV A 2$1,000 $1,000 $500 1.32 $322 B 2500 500 400 1.57 285 The appropriate discount rate for the projects is 10 percent. Global
Internal Rate of Return Projects A and B have the following cash flows:Year Project A Project B 0 2$1,000 2$2,000 1 C1A C1B 2 C2A C2B 3 C3A C3Ba. If the cash flows from the projects are identical, which of the two projects would have a higher IRR? Why?b. If C1B 5 2C1A, C2B 5 2C2A, and C3B 5 2C3A,
Net Present Value You are evaluating Project A and Project B . Project A has a short period of future cash flows, while Project B has relatively long future cash flows. Which project will be more sensitive to changes in the required return? Why?
Calculating Payback Period and NP V Fuji Software, Inc., has the following mutually exclusive projects.Year Project A Project B 0 2$15,000 2$18,000 1 9,500 10,500 2 6,000 7,000 3 2,400 6,000a. Suppose Fuji’s payback period cutoff is two years. Which of these two projects should be chosen?b.
Calculating Payback An investment project provides cash inflows of $840 per year for eight years. What is the project payback period if the initial cost is $3,200? What if the initial cost is $4,800? What if it is $7,300?
Calculating Discounted Payback An investment project has annual cash inflows of$5,000, $5,500, $6,000, and $7,000, and a discount rate of 14 percent. What is the discounted payback period for these cash flows if the initial cost is $8,000? What if the initial cost is $12,000? What if it is $16,000?
Calculating Discounted Payback An investment project costs $15,000 and has annual cash flows of $3,800 for six years. What is the discounted payback period if the discount rate is 0 percent? What if the discount rate is 10 percent? If it is 15 percent?
Calculating IRR Stone Sour, Inc., has a project with the following cash flows:Year Cash Flows ($)0 −$20,000 1 8,500 2 10,200 3 6,200 The company evaluates all projects by applying the IRR rule. If the appropriate interest rate is 9 percent, should the company accept the project?
Calculating IRR Compute the internal rate of return for the cash flows of the following two projects:Cash Flows ($)Year Project A Project B 0 −$5,300 −$2,900 1 2,000 1,100 2 2,800 1,800 3 1,600 1,200
Calculating Profitability Index Bill plans to open a self-serve grooming center in a storefront. The grooming equipment will cost $385,000, to be paid immediately.Bill expects aftertax cash inflows of $84,000 annually for seven years, after which he plans to scrap the equipment and retire to the
Calculating Profitability Index Suppose the following two independent investment opportunities are available to Greenplain, Inc. The appropriate discount rate is 10 percent.Year Project Alpha Project Beta 0 −$2,300 −$3,900 1 1,200 800 2 1,100 2,300 3 900 2,900a. Compute the profitability index
Problems with IRR Suppose you are offered $7,000 today but must make the following payments:Year Cash Flows ($)0 $ 7,000 1 −3,700 2 −2,400 3 −1,500 4 −1,200a. What is the IRR of this offer?b. If the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent, should you accept this offer?c. If the appropriate
NPV versus IRR Consider the following cash flows on two mutually exclusive projects for the Bahamas Recreation Corporation (BRC). Both projects require an annual return of 14 percent.Year Deepwater Fishing New Submarine Ride 0 −$950,000 −$1,850,000 1 370,000 900,000 2 510,000 800,000 3 420,000
Problems with Profitability Index The Robb Computer Corporation is trying to choose between the following two mutually exclusive design projects:Year Cash Flow (I) Cash Flow (II)0 −$30,000 −$12,000 1 18,000 7,500 2 18,000 7,500 3 18,000 7,500a. If the required return is 10 percent and Robb
Problems with IRR Cutler Petroleum, Inc., is trying to evaluate a generation project with the following cash flows:Year Cash Flow 0 −$ 85,000,000 1 125,000,000 2 −15,000,000a. If the company requires a 10 percent return on its investments, should it accept this project? Why?b. Compute the IRR
Comparing Investment Criteria Mario Brothers, a game manufacturer, has a new idea for an adventure game. It can market the game either as a traditional board game or as an interactive DVD, but not both. Consider the following cash flows of the two mutually exclusive projects for Mario Brothers.
Profitability Index versus NPV Hanmi Group, a consumer electronics conglomerate, is reviewing its annual budget in wireless technology. It is considering investments in three different technologies to develop wireless communication devices. Consider the following cash flows of the three independent
Comparing Investment Criteria Consider the following cash flows of two mutually exclusive projects for AZ-Motorcars. Assume the discount rate for AZ-Motorcars is 10 percent.Year AZM Mini-SUV AZF Full-SUV 0 −$450,000 −$800,000 1 320,000 350,000 2 180,000 420,000 3 150,000 290,000a. Based on the
Comparing Investment Criteria The treasurer of Amaro Canned Fruits, Inc., has projected the cash flows of projects A, B, and C as follows:Year Project A Project B Project C 0 −$150,000 −$300,000 −$150,000 1 110,000 200,000 120,000 2 110,000 200,000 90,000 Suppose the relevant discount rate is
Comparing Investment Criteria Consider the following cash flows of two mutually exclusive projects for Tokyo Rubber Company. Assume the discount rate for Tokyo Rubber Company is 10 percent.Year Dry Prepreg Solvent Prepreg 0 −$1,700,000 −$750,000 1 1,100,000 375,000 2 900,000 600,000 3 750,000
Comparing Investment Criteria Consider two mutually exclusive new product launch projects that Nagano Golf is considering. Assume the discount rate for Nagano Golf is 15 percent.Project A: Nagano NP-30.Professional clubs that will take an initial investment of $550,000 at time 0.Next five years
NPV and Multiple IRRs You are evaluating a project that costs $75,000 today.The project has an inflow of $155,000 in one year and an outflow of $65,000 in two years. What are the IRRs for the project? What discount rate results in the maximum NPV for this project? How can you determine that this is
Payback and NPV An investment under consideration has a payback of six years and a cost of $434,000. If the required return is 12 percent, what is the worst-case NPV? The best-case NPV? Explain. Assume the cash flows are conventional.
Multiple IRRs This problem is useful for testing the ability of financial calculators and computer software. Consider the following cash flows. How many different IRRs are there? ( Hint: Search between 20 percent and 70 percent.) When should we take this project?Year Cash Flow 0 −$ 1,008 1 5,724
NPV Valuation The Yurdone Corporation wants to set up a private cemetery business. According to the CFO, Barry M. Deep, business is “looking up.” As a result, the cemetery project will provide a net cash inflow of $290,000 for the firm during the first year, and the cash flows are projected to
Calculating IRR The Utah Mining Corporation is set to open a gold mine near Provo, Utah. According to the treasurer, Monty Goldstein, “This is a golden opportunity.”The mine will cost $2,400,000 to open and will have an economic life of 11 years. It will generate a cash inflow of $345,000 at
NPV and IRR Butler International Limited is evaluating a project in Erewhon.The project will create the following cash flows:Year Cash Flow 01 23 4−$950,000 285,000 345,000 415,000 255,000 All cash flows will occur in Erewhon and are expressed in dollars. In an attempt to improve its economy, the
Calculating IRR Consider two streams of cash flows, A and B . Stream A ’s first cash flow is $8,900 and is received three years from today. Future cash flows in Stream A grow by 4 percent in perpetuity. Stream B ’s first cash flow is 2$10,000, is received two years from today, and will continue
Calculating Incremental Cash Flows Darin Clay, the CFO of MakeMoney.com, has to decide between the following two projects:Year Project Million Project Billion 0 −$1,200 −$Io 1 Io + 160 Io + 400 2 960 1,200 3 1,200 1,600 The expected rate of return for either of the two projects is 12 percent.
Problems with IRR McKeekin Corp. has a project with the following cash flows:Year Cash Flow 0 $20,000 1 −26,000 2 13,000 What is the IRR of the project? What is happening here?
As you have already seen, Excel does not have a function to calculate the payback period.We have shown three ways to calculate the payback period, but there are numerous other methods as well. The cash flows for a project are shown below. You need to calculate the payback period using two different
Bond Ratings Companies pay rating agencies such as Moody’s and S&P to rate their bonds, and the costs can be substantial. However, companies are not required to have their bonds rated in the first place; doing so is strictly voluntary. Why do you think they do it?
Municipal Bonds Why is it that municipal bonds are not taxed at the federal level, but are taxable across state lines? Why is it that U.S. Treasury bonds are not taxable at the state level? (You may need to dust off the history books for this one.)
Treasury Market Take a look back at Figure 8.4. Notice the wide range of coupon rates. Why are they so different?
Interest Rate Risk All else being the same, which has more interest rate risk, a longterm bond or a short-term bond? What about a low coupon bond compared to a high coupon bond? What about a long-term, high coupon bond compared to a short-term, low coupon bond?
Valuing Bonds What is the price of a 15-year, zero coupon bond paying $1,000 at maturity if the YTM is:a. 5 percent?b. 10 percent?c. 15 percent?
Valuing Bonds Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics:Par: $1,000 Time to maturity: 15 years Coupon rate: 7 percent Semiannual payments Calculate the price of this bond if the YTM is:a. 7 percentb. 9 percentc. 5 percent
Bond Yields Watters Umbrella Corp. issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 6.4 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 105 percent of par value, what is the YTM?
Coupon Rates Rhiannon Corporation has bonds on the market with 11.5 years to maturity, a YTM of 7.6 percent, and a current price of $1,060. The bonds make semiannual payments. What must the coupon rate be on these bonds?
Valuing Bonds Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 19 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 4.5 percent paid annually.
Bond Yields A Japanese company has a bond outstanding that sells for 92 percent of its ¥100,000 par value. The bond has a coupon rate of 2.8 percent paid annually and matures in 21 years. What is the yield to maturity of this bond?
Calculating Real Rates of Return If Treasury bills are currently paying 4.5 percent and the inflation rate is 2.1 percent, what is the approximate real rate of interest? The exact real rate?
Inflation and Nominal Returns Suppose the real rate is 2.4 percent and the inflation rate is 3.1 percent. What rate would you expect to see on a Treasury bill?
Nominal and Real Returns An investment offers a 14 percent total return over the coming year. Alan Wingspan thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 10 percent. What does Alan believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?
Using Treasury Quotes Locate the Treasury bond in Figure 8.4 maturing in February 2037. What is its coupon rate? What is its bid price? What was the previous day’s asked price?
Using Treasury Quotes Locate the Treasury bond in Figure 8.4 maturing in November 2039. Is this a premium or a discount bond? What is its current yield?What is its yield to maturity? What is the bid-ask spread?
Zero Coupon Bonds You buy a zero coupon bond at the beginning of the year that has a face value of $1,000, a YTM of 7 percent, and 25 years to maturity. If you hold the bond for the entire year, how much in interest income will you have to declare on your tax return?
Bond Price Movements Miller Corporation has a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a coupon of 8 percent, has a YTM of 6 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. The Modigliani Company has a discount bond making semiannual payments. This bond pays a coupon of 6 percent, has a YTM of
Interest Rate Risk Laurel, Inc., and Hardy Corp. both have 7 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with semiannual interest payments, and both are priced at par value. The Laurel, Inc., bond has 2 years to maturity, whereas the Hardy Corp. bond has 15 years to maturity. If interest rates suddenly rise
Interest Rate Risk The Faulk Corp. has a 6 percent coupon bond outstanding.The Gonas Company has a 14 percent bond outstanding. Both bonds have 12 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 10 percent. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage change
Bond Yields Hacker Software has 6.2 percent coupon bonds on the market with 9 years to maturity. The bonds make semiannual payments and currently sell for 105 percent of par. What is the current yield on the bonds? The YTM? The effective annual yield?
Bond Yields Pembroke Co. wants to issue new 20-year bonds for some much-needed expansion projects. The company currently has 7 percent coupon bonds on the market that sell for $1,063, make semiannual payments, and mature in 20 years. What coupon rate should the company set on its new bonds if it
Accrued Interest You purchase a bond with an invoice price of $950. The bond has a coupon rate of 6.8 percent, and there are 2 months to the next semiannual coupon date. What is the clean price of the bond?
Accrued Interest You purchase a bond with a coupon rate of 5.9 percent and a clean price of $1,053. If the next semiannual coupon payment is due in four months, what is the invoice price?
Finding the Bond Maturity Argos Corp. has 9 percent coupon bonds making annual payments with a YTM of 7.81 percent. The current yield on these bonds is 8.42 percent. How many years do these bonds have left until they mature?
Using Bond Quotes Suppose the following bond quote for IOU Corporation appears in the financial page of today’s newspaper. Assume the bond has a face value of $1,000 and the current date is April 15, 2012. What is the yield to maturity of the bond? What is the current yield?Company (Ticker)Coupon
Interest on Zeroes Tesla Corporation needs to raise funds to finance a plant expansion, and it has decided to issue 25-year zero coupon bonds to raise the money.The required return on the bonds will be 7 percent.a. What will these bonds sell for at issuance?b. Using the IRS amortization rule, what
Zero Coupon Bonds Suppose your company needs to raise $45 million and you want to issue 30-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 6 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue alternatives: A semiannual coupon bond with a 6 percent coupon rate and a zero
Components of Bond Returns Bond P is a premium bond with a 9 percent coupon.Bond D is a 5 percent coupon bond currently selling at a discount. Both bonds make annual payments, have a YTM of 7 percent, and have 10 years to maturity. What is the current yield for Bond P? For Bond D? If interest rates
Valuing Bonds The Morgan Corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding.Bond M has a face value of $30,000 and matures in 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $800 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $1,000 every six
Treasury Bonds The following Treasury bond quote appeared in The Wall Street Journal on May 11, 2004:9.125 May 09 100:03 100:04 –– –2.15 Why would anyone buy this Treasury bond with a negative yield to maturity? How is this possible?
Real Cash Flows Paul Adams owns a health club in downtown Los Angeles. He charges his customers an annual fee of $500 and has an existing customer base of 600.Paul plans to raise the annual fee by 6 percent every year and expects the club membership to grow at a constant rate of 3 percent for the
Companies often buy bonds to meet a future liability or cash outlay. Such an investment is called a dedicated portfolio since the proceeds of the portfolio are dedicated to the future liability. In such a case, the portfolio is subject to reinvestment risk. Reinvestment risk occurs because the
You are Kim’s assistant, and she has asked you to prepare a memo to Dan describing the effect of each of the following bond features on the coupon rate of the bond. She would also like you to list any advantages or disadvantages of each feature.a. The security of the bond, that is, whether or not
How many of the coupon bonds must East Coast Yachts issue to raise the $50 million?How many of the zeroes must it issue?After Dan’s EFN analysis for East Coast Yachts (see the Mini Case in Chapter 3), Larissa has decided to expand the company’s operations. She has asked Dan to enlist an
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