Fundamentals Of Financial Management 12th Edition Richard Bulliet, Eugene F Brigham, Brigham/Houston - Solutions

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Go to the Smartmoney.com website (http://www.smartmoney.com) and select the tab titled "Investing, Personal Finance." What are the "Breaking News" stories of the day? Select one of the stories and prepare a brief summary to share with the class.
Calculate the value of the total shareholder wealth for Google, Inc. using the number of common shares outstanding and the current price of the firm's shares. You can obtain the necessary information from the Yahoo! Finance website.
Go to the CNN-Money website (http://money.cnn.com) and go to the Personal Finance section by clicking on "Personal Finance" on the top banner. This is a great website for information and help in managing your personal finances. Find an article you like, read it, and write a summary of it. Also,
Go to the CNN-Money website (http://money.cnn.com) and visit the retirement section by clicking on "Personal Finance" on the top banner. From there, click on "Retirement." You'll find all kinds of interesting articles under this link. (But be forewarned: Some are a bit scary. Saving for retirement
Go to Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com) and enter the symbol for Google (GOOG) in the "Enter Symbol(s)" box at the top of the page. What price did it last trade at? What is the last trade time and how long ago was that? What is the day's price range for the stock? What is the closing change
What are the two types of private equity funds? What does each do with the money it raises from investors?
What is a hedge fund, and how is it different from a mutual fund?
hated to France in a Slat World: Where's the Money around the World on page 30) We learned about the distribution of financial assets around the world in the Finance in a "Flat" World box feature. What percent of the world's financial assets (for the year reported) were represented by the U.S.
In The Business of Life: Controlling Costs in Mutual Funds, the importance of keeping expenses down is discussed. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority website provides an easy way to compare two mutual funds. Go to the website, http://apps. nasd.com/investor Information/ea/nasd/mfetf.aspx,
What makes preferred stock "preferred"?
What is a mutual fund and how does it differ from an exchange-traded fund (ETF)? What is the difference between a debt security and an equity security?
Describe the difference between the primary market and the secondary market.
What do investment banks do in the financial markets?
List and describe the principal types of financial intermediaries in the U.S. financial markets.
What is a financial intermediary?
Describe each. Which type is now the dominant type in use? What are the three principal sets of players that interact in the financial markets?
(Related to Reales of Your Me Deront Humutit vs. Defined Continuirement Plans on page 20) In the Regardless of Your Major box feature two types of pension plans were discussed.
How does a hedge fund differ from a mutual fund? A private equity firm?
What is a mutual fund and how does it differ from an ETF?
How does common stock differ from preferred stock?
How is a primary market different from a secondary market?
What are debt and equity securities and how do they differ?
What are the two principal types of private equity firms?
What is a hedge fund and how does it differ from a mutual fund?
What are examples of investment companies?
How do commercial banks differ from other non-bank financial intermediaries?
Explain how individuals and firms use financial intermediaries to raise money in the financial markets.
Due to on-the-job pressure, have you ever taken credit for someone else’s work or idea?Yes No
Due to on-the-job pressure, have you ever abused or lied about sick days?Yes No
Can you accept a $75 prize won at a raffle at a supplier’s conference?
Is it OK to take a $100 holiday food basket?Yes No
Of gifts from suppliers: Is it OK to take a $200 pair of football tickets?Yes No
Is a $50 gift from the boss unacceptable?Yes No
Is a $5U gift to a boss unacceptable?Yes No
Is it unethical to blame an error you made on a technological glitch?Yes No
Is it wrong to play computer games on office equipment during the workday?Yes No
Is it wrong to use company e-mail for personal reasons?Yes. No
Why is maximizing a firm’s accounting profits not an appropriate goal for the firm?
What goal do the owners of a for-profit business generally follow?
Whoreally owns a corporation and how does that impact the goal of the firm?
List the three main forms of business organizations and describe their advantages and disadvantages. If you were to consider starting up a lawn care business for the summer, what type of business organization might you use?
In very basic terms describe how profits and cash flow are different.
According to Principle 2, how should investors decide where to invest their money?
Explain the three types of business decisions that a financial manager faces.
(Related to Regardless of Your Major: Welcome to the World of Finance on page 4) In the Regardless of Your Major feature box at the beginning of this chapter, we discussed how the topic of Principle 1, the time value of money, is relevant to both your personal and professional life. Describe a
What do we mean when we say that market prices reflect information’?
A fundamental guiding principle of investing is that higher risks require higher rewards or returns. Give two examples of the risk-return relationship.
What are the four principles of finance?
Eeae was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002? What did it accomplish’?
Why is ethics relevant to the financial management of the firm’?
Provide an example of an agency problem.
What is the goal of the firm?
What are the duties of a corporate controller?
What are the duties of a corporate treasurer? |
Explain why large and growing firms tend to choose the corporate form of organization.
What are the primary differences between a sole proprietorship, a partnership; and a corporation? |
List three non-finance careers to which the study of finance applies.
What are the three basic types of issues that arise in business that are addressed by the study of business finance?
12-23 CAPITAL BUDGETING AND CASH FLOW ESTIMATION Allied Food Products is considering expanding into the fruit juice business with a new fresh lemon juice product. Assume that you were recently hired as assistant to the director of capital budgeting and you must evaluate the new project.The lemon
12-22 NEW PROJECT ANALYSIS AND UNEQUAL LIVES You must analyze a potential new product—a caulking compound that Cory Materials’ R&D people developed for use in the residential construction industry. Cory’s marketing manager thinks the company can sell 115,000 tubes per year for 3 years at a
12-21 REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS The Bigbee Bottling Company is contemplating the replacement of one of its bottling machines with a newer and more efficient one. The old machine has a book value of $600,000 and a remaining useful life of 5 years. The firm does not expect to realize any return from
12-17 EQUIVALENT ANNUAL ANNUITY A firm has two mutually exclusive investment projects to evaluate; both can be repeated indefinitely. The projects have the following cash flows:Time Size IRR 0 $100,000 $70,000 1 30,000 30,000 2 50,000 30,000 3 70,000 30,000 4 — 30,000 5 — 10,000 Projects X and
12-15 REPLACEMENT CHAIN Zappe Airlines is considering two alternative planes. Plane A has an expected life of 5 years, will cost $100 million, and will produce after-tax cash flows of $30 million per year. Plane B has a life of 10 years, will cost $132 million, and will produce after-tax cash flows
12-13 UNEQUAL LIVES Haley’s Graphic Designs Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects. Both projects require an initial investment of $10,000 and are typical average-risk projects for the firm. Project A has an expected life of 2 years with after-tax cash inflows of $6,000 and $8,000 at
12-11 REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS Mississippi River Shipyards is considering replacing an 8-year-old riveting machine with a new one that will increase earnings before depreciation from $27,000 to $54,000 per year. The new machine will cost $82,500, and it will have an estimated life of 8 years and no
12-10 REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS The Dauten Toy Corporation uses an injection molding machine that was purchased 2 years ago. This machine is being depreciated on a straight-line basis, and it has 6 years of remaining life. Its current book value is $2,100, and it can be sold for $2,500 at this time.
12-9 NEW PROJECT ANALYSIS You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine.The base price is $108,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $12,500.The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for$65,000. The applicable depreciation
12-7 SCENARIO ANALYSIS Huang Industries is considering a proposed project whose estimated NPV is $12 million. This estimate assumes that economic conditions will be“average.” However, the CFO realizes that conditions could be better or worse, so she performed a scenario analysis and obtained
12-6 DEPRECIATION METHODS Kristin is evaluating a capital budgeting project that should last 4 years. The project requires $800,000 of equipment. She is unsure what depreciation method to use in her analysis, straight-line or the 3-year MACRS accelerated method. Under straight-line depreciation,
12-5 EQUIVALENT ANNUAL ANNUITY Corcoran Consulting is deciding which of two computer systems to purchase. It can purchase state-of-the-art equipment (System A) for $20,000, which will generate cash flows of $6,000 at the end of each of the next 6 years. Alternatively, the company can spend $12,000
12-4 REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS The Chang Company is considering the purchase of a new machine to replace an obsolete one. The machine being used for the operation has a book value and a market value of zero. However, the machine is in good working order and will last at least another 10 years. The
12-1 REQUIRED INVESTMENT Truman Industries is considering an expansion. The necessary equipment would be purchased for $9 million, and the expansion would require an additional $3 million investment in working capital. The tax rate is 40%.a. What is the initial investment outlay?b. The company
12-13 Suppose a firm is considering two mutually exclusive projects. One project has a life of 6 years; the other, a life of 10 years. Both projects can be repeated at the end of their lives.Might the failure to employ a replacement chain or EAA analysis bias the decision toward one of the
12-12 What is an “equivalent annual annuity (EAA)?” When and how are EAAs used in capital budgeting?
12-11 What is a “replacement chain?” When and how should replacement chains be used in capital budgeting?
12-10 If you were the CFO of a company that had to decide on hundreds of potential projects every year, would you want to use sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis as described in the chapter or would the amount of arithmetic required take too much time and thus not be cost-effective? What
12-9 Define (a) sensitivity analysis, (b) scenario analysis, and (c) simulation analysis. If GE was considering two projects (one for $500 million to develop a satellite communications system and the other for a $30,000 new truck) on which project would the company be more likely to use a
12-7 Distinguish among beta (or market) risk, within-firm (or corporate) risk, and stand-alone risk for a project being considered for inclusion in a firm’s capital budget.
12-6 What are some differences in the analysis for a replacement project versus that for a new expansion project?
12-5 Most firms generate cash inflows every day, not just once at the end of the year. In capital budgeting, should we recognize this fact by estimating daily project cash flows and then using them in the analysis? If we do not, are our results biased? If so, would the NPV be biased up or down?
12-4 Why are interest charges not deducted when a project’s cash flows for use in a capital budgeting analysis are calculated?
12-3 Explain why working capital is included in a capital budgeting analysis and how it is recovered at the end of a project’s life.
12-2 Explain why sunk costs should not be included in a capital budgeting analysis but opportunity costs and externalities should be included. Give an example of each.
12-1 Operating cash flows rather than accounting income are listed in Table 12-1. Why do we focus on cash flows as opposed to net income in capital budgeting?
15 Project B costs $1,500 today and has after-tax cash flows of $1,750 per year for 2 years. The firm’s WACC is 10%. If the projects cannot be repeated, what is the NPV of the better project? (NPVA ¼ $2,754.80) If the projects can be repeated, what is the extended NPV of the better project?
14 Your company must choose one of two mutually exclusive projects. Project A costs $2,000 today and has after-tax cash flows of $1,500 per year for 4 years.
13 Briefly describe the replacement chain (common life) and the EAA approaches to the unequal life problem.Is it always necessary to adjust projects’ cash flows when different projects have unequal lives? Explain.
12 If a firm cannot measure a potential project’s risk with precision, should it abandon the project? Explain your answer.
11 Is it easier to measure the stand-alone, within-firm, or beta risk for projects such as a new delivery truck or a Home Depot warehouse?
10 What is Monte Carlo simulation? How does a simulation analysis differ from a regular scenario analysis?
9 What is a scenario analysis, what is it designed to show, and how does it differ from a sensitivity analysis?
8 Explain briefly how a sensitivity analysis is done and what the analysis is designed to show.
7 In Table 12-2, we assumed that output would not change if the old machine was replaced. Suppose output would actually double. How would this change be dealt with in the framework of Table 12-2?
6 If you were analyzing a replacement project and you suddenly learned that the old equipment could be sold for $1,000 rather than $100, would this new information make the replacement look better or worse? (Better; the net initial investment would be lower.)
5 What role do incremental cash flows play in a replacement analysis?
4 Why does working capital appear as both a negative and a positive number in Table 12-1?
3 How could the analysis in Table 12-1 be modified to consider cannibalization, opportunity costs, and sunk costs?
2 Would a project’s NPV for a typical firm be higher or lower if the firm used accelerated rather than straight-line depreciation? Why?
1 In what ways is the setup for finding a project’s cash flows similar to the projected income statements for a new single-product firm? In what ways would the two statements be different? (One would find cash flows; the other, net income.)
11-24 BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING You recently went to work for Allied Components Company, a supplier of auto repair parts used in the after-market with products from Daimler, Chrysler, Ford, and other automakers.Your boss, the chief financial officer (CFO), has just handed you the estimated cash

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