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    interest expense using straight-line amortization

    A company issues 20,000,000, 7.8%, 20 year bonds to yield 8% on January 1, 2010. Interest is paid on June 30 and December 31. The proceeds from the bonds are 19,604,145. What is the interest expense using straight-line amortization? a) 1,540, 207 b) 1, 560,000 c) 1, 569, 192 d) 1, 579, 793

    Health care finances and process

    Identify the three main issues, in your opinion, that are associated with the new health care reform from a health care manager's perspective.

    Public Finance and Legislative Procedures

    As of 2009, many state governments were experiencing fiscal problems, and tax revenues were falling short of planned expenditures. What factors can influence state revenue collections and expenditures? Why must state governments cut spending or increase taxes when revenues fall short of expenditures? Give examples of the types o

    Safety stock reorder point

    The daily demand of a product can be specified by a normal distribution the average daily demand is 250 units with a standard deviation of 40" units. The order lead time for this product is also normally distributed with an average of 10 days and a standard deviation of 3 days. What is the safety stock and reorder point for a 95

    allocate for depreciation and amortization

    Jake Smith opened his Balinese coffee shop business in downtown Boise on January 1st 2010. On December 31st, 2010, he sat down with his accountant to figure out how his business had done in its first year and heaved a sigh of relief when his accountant reported that his EBT came to $20,000. Revenues, at $1,050,000 looked good. H

    Calculate the covariance between the returns of Stock A and Stock B

    Portfolios with more than one asset: Given the returns and probabilities for the three possible states listed here, calculate the covariance between the returns of Stock A and Stock B. For convenience, assume that the expected returns of Stock A and Stock B are 11.75 percent and 18 percent, respectively. Probabi

    Determining Risk, Return and Stock Valuation

    Given that you know the risk as well as the expected return for two stocks, discuss what process you might utilize to determine which of the two stocks is a better buy. You may assume that the two stocks will be the only assets held in your portfolio.

    Characteristics of an Efficient Portfolio

    1.) What are characteristics of an efficient portfolio? How are a portfolio's return and standard deviation determined?  How must assets be evaluated to achieve a minimum variance portfolio? Explain your answer. 2.) What are examples of active and passive portfolio management techniques? Why would a portfolio manager purs

    Geometric Average Return

    You have the following rates of return for a risky portfolio for several recent years. Assume that the stock pays no dividends. Year Beginning of year price # shares bought or sold 2005 $50.00 100 2006 $55.00

    Selecting the better investment option

    You are comparing stock A to stock B. Given the following information, which one of these two Stocks should you prefer and why? Rate of Return if State Occurs State of the Economy Probability of State of the Economy Stock A Stock B Bo

    Calculating the standard deviation of returns

    Aquaman stock has exhibited a standard deviation in returns of 0.7, whereas Green Lantern stock has exhibited a standard deviation of 0.8. The correlation coefficient between the stock returns is 0.1. What is the standard deviation of a portfolio composed of 70% Aquaman and 30% Green Lantern?

    How much must be deposited at the end of each month to achieve his goal?

    Mr. Moore will be 35 years at the end of the month and he wishes to retire in 25 years. He plans to invest in a mutual fund earning 7.5 percent annual return compounded monthly and have a $1.5 million retirement fund at age 60. How much must be deposited at the end of each month to achieve his goal?

    Maximum Additional Short-Term Funding

    B.J. Industries has a current ratio of 2.5, with $2.5 million in current assets. Due to sales growth, the company wants to expand accounts receivable and inventories by taking on additional short-term debt. If B.J. Industries wants to maintain a minimum current ratio of 2.0, what is the maximum additional short-term funding it

    Anticipating Covenant Violation

    Foot Locker, Inc., reported an $18 million loss on sales of $1,283 million for the quarter ended August 4, 2007. The quarterly financial filling (10-Q) also contained this warning for investors and creditors. Source: Foot Locker Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 4, 2007. "Under the Company's revolving credit and

    Risk Management

    True or False 1. Pure risk exists when there is uncertainty as to whether loss will occur. 2. If two companies have the same number of exposure units and experience the same average number of losses, then the degree of risk for each company tends to be equal. 3. Risk avoidance is a conscious decision not to expose oneself o

    This posting discusses amortization tables used for loans.

    Could you please define and explain an amortization table. What is it and what is it used for? Finally, please plug in a loan amount to a table of your selection (share your resource) and identify the declining interest through time. Feel free to use a personal loan example or a fictitious either way works fine.

    Risk Free Portfolio

    Suppose you plan to create a portfolio with two securities: A and B. A has an expected return of 35% with a standard deviation of 22%. B has an expected return of 20% with a standard deviation of 9%. The correlation between the returns of these two securities is perfectly negative. What percentage of your investment should be in

    Director of Athletics at Big Time State University (BTSU)

    As the Director of Athletics at Big Time State University (BTSU), you have been approached by the president of BTSU about building a new state-of-the-art on-campus arena. She wants to know your ideas regarding the financing of the new facility. What will you tell her?

    Price Wars

    Under what environmental conditions are price wars most likely to occur in an industry? Why? What are the implications of price wars for a company? How should a company try to deal with the threat of a price war? Explain

    This posting discusses EAR and APR

    What is the difference between the annual percentage rate (APR) and the effective annual rate (EAR)? Which rate do you believe is more relevant for financial decisions and why?

    Business Finance Question

    Given the following expected returns and standard deviations of assets A, B and C, which asset should the prudent financial manager select? Asset Expected Return Standard Deviation A 10% 10% B 12% 10% C 12% 8%

    Calculating the amortization expense of an intangible asset

    Jeff Corporation purchased a limited-life intangible asset for $120,000 on May 1st, 2009. It has a useful life of 10 years. What total amount of amortization expense should have been recorded on the intangible asset by Dec 31st, 2010? a.) 0 b.) 24,000 c.) 32,000 d.) 36,000

    Intangible Amortization For Palmiero Company

    Intangible Amortization For Palmiero Company a) Palmiero purchased a patent from Vania Co. for $1,500,000 on January 1, 2010. The patent is being amortized over its remaining legal life of 10 years, expiring on January 1, 2010. During 2012, Palmeiro determined that the economic benefits of the patent would not last longer tha

    Financial analysis of Exxon Mobile, Merck & Co, Target, and Verizon

    Select ONE of the four companies for analysis. Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) - Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) - Target (TGT) - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Go to the Yahoo!Finance Web site. Enter the stock ticker symbol or name of the company you wish to analyze in the input field next to Get Quotes at the top of the page and