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    An estimate of the required financing needs

    With the given calculation as follows what is the estimate of required financing needs for each month during the budget period and how much if any will the company need outside financing base on this assumption? Month Sales Collections Costs incurred Payments(raw material) Administrative+lease Depreciation One time investment I

    4058- assistance with Finance

    Subject: Finance Details: a. As the firm moves to consider conditions of capital rationing, it must consider portfolios of capital projects. Precisely and completely describe why this is the case. b. Under conditions of capital rationing and certainty, precisely and completely describe a methodology that you would utilize

    Estimation of Financing Needs

    To avoid any uncertainty regarding his business' financing needs at the time when such needs may arise, Cyrus Brown wants to develop a Cash Budget for his latest venture- Cyrus Brown Manufacturing (CBM). He has estimated the following sales forecast for CBM over the next nine months: March 2004 $250,000 April 275,000 May 3

    Corporate finance issues

    I. You may have heard big business criticized for focusing on short-term performance at the expense of long-term results. Explain why a firm that strives to maximize stock price should be less subject to an overemphasis on short-term results than one that simply maximizes profits. II. We claim that the goal of the firm is

    Liquidity position of the enterprise

    Why are suppliers of credit interested in the liquidity position of the enterprise? Why is it beneficial for a small business enterprise also to make use of borrowed capital to finance the capital requirements of the enterprise?

    Calculating mortgage loans using a financial calculator

    Lucy wants to purchase a home and has approached a bank and been informed that a 30 year mortgage loan with monthly payments and compounding would have an APR of 5.4 %. She has saved enough to put down 20% for the purchase and will finance the other 80%. Given her income level, she feels that she can afford a monthly house pay

    Responsibility for cost control system

    Is the following statement correct? If so, please explain why. "A good Control System places the blame for every unfavorable variance upon someone in the organization. Without affixing the blame, no one will take responsibility for Cost Controls."

    Route Canal Shipping Company: Example Problem

    Route Canal Shipping Company Please see attachment for table. a. Fill in column (4) for each month. b. If the firm had $1,440,000 in credit sales over the four-month period, compute the average collection period. Average daily sales should be based on a 120-day period. c. If the firm likes to see its bills collected i

    Determining Purchase Price: KCG Electric Example

    A $1000, 8 1/2% K.C.G Electric bond is redeemable on March 1, 2010. Interest is payable on March 1 and September 1. Determine the purchase price if it is bought on March 1, 2000 to yield 8% compounded semi-annually. Show all of your work.

    Managerial Finance 475 (I)

    1) Briefly discuss the two primary perspectives one should use in financial ratio analysis. How many years should one review the financial statements of a firm?

    Managerial Finance 475 (I) Hogan Surgical Instruments co- Financing plans

    6.) Assume that Hogan Surgical Instruments co. has $2,000,000 in assets. If its goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a return of 18 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan, the return will be 14 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing plan, the financing costs on the $2,000,000 will be 10 pe

    Financing: Choosing between two plans

    4) Boatler Used Cadillac Co. requires $80,000 in financing over the next two years. The firm can borrow the funds for two years at 9 percent interest per year. Mr. Boatler decides to do economic forecasting and determines that if he utilizes short-term financing instead, he will pay 6.75 percent interest in the first year and

    Simple Interest

    To buy a new plasma TV that costs $3,000, you pay $600 down and finance the remaining $2,400 for 12 months. Find the interest rate the store charges you if your monthly payment is $207.86?

    Managerial Finance

    The question is Please identify and explain the different financial markets, their functions, primary instruments, and the investor types. But, my initial answer to this question would have not been initially focused on the primary and secondary markets. I actually was thinking that the financial markets consisted of places

    Managerial Finance

    What are the primary factors in regard to Interest Rates and their determination.

    Managerial Finance

    Do you feel that management in most business firms seek to maximize the Shareholder's Wealth? Why?

    Managerial Finance

    Please identify and explain the different financial markets, their functions, primary instruments, and the investor types.

    Finance questions: Break even computation, degree of operating leverage

    9. Break-Even. Dime a Dozen Diamonds makes synthetic diamonds by treating carbon. Each diamond can be sold for $100. The materials cost for a standard diamond is $30. The fixed costs incurred each year for factory upkeep and administrative expenses are $200,000. The machinery costs $1 million and is depreciated straight-line ove

    Principles of Finance Class - Exam Review

    Problem 1 - After Tax Returns (10 Points) a. Lovell Co. purchased preferred stock in another company. The preferred stock's before tax yield was 8.4 percent. The tax rate on corporate income is 40 percent. What is the after tax return on the preferred stock? b. A bond issued by the State of Pennsylvania provides a 9 % y

    Identify stakeholders; ethics; misclassification

    Puebla Corporation is a medium-sized wholesaler of automotive parts. It has ten stockholders, who have been paid a total of $1 million in cash dividends for eight consecutive years. The policy of the Board of Directors requires that in order for this dividend to be declared, net cash provided by operating activities as report

    Capital Budgeting

    A ski resort plans to eventually add five new chairlifts. One lift costs $2 million, preparing slope costs another $1.3 million. The lift allows 300 additional skiers ,but there are only 40 days a year when the extra capacity will be needed. (The resort sell alls 300 lift tickets on those 40 days.) Running the new lift will cost

    50 Multiple Choice Questions on Accounts:

    Questions 1 and 2 are based on the following information: Lake Company recently incurred the following costs: (1) Purchase price of land and dilapidated building $250,000 (2) Real estate broker's commission 14,000 (3) Net demolition costs of dilapidated building 39,000 (4) Excavation costs for new building 44,000 (5) Archi