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    Interest Rates and the Cost of Debt

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    Debt-Holder's Contingent Claim

    7. The Splitz Corporation borrowed $5 million with a promise to repay $5.5 million in one year. The corporation had 10 million shares outstanding worth $2 each at the time of the borrowing. Splitz earned $5 million during the year. What is the debt-holder's contingent claim; how much does the debt-holder receive; and how much do

    Maturity

    1. The Unzip Snap Company had net earnings of $127,000 this past year. Dividends were paid of $38,100 on the company's equity of $1,587,500. The estimated growth for Unzip is: (A) 2.4% (B) 5.6% (C) 7.2% (D) 16.8% 2. Which is closest to the value of a bond described in The Wall Street Journal as 12s 2006? The current year

    Advertising Campaign

    My advertising team has been given an ad campaign for a financial institution to introduce various financial schemes education for the public. You have been asked to put together a presentation for the financial institution to view before the ad campaign is implemented. I need to create a professional presentation that shows exa

    Bonds: Carrying value & Interest expense

    A company issues $5,000,000, 7.8%, 20-year bonds to yeild 8% on January 1, 2007. Interest is paid on June 30 and December 31. The proceeds from the bonds are $4,901,036. (a) Using effective-interest amortization, what will the carrying value of the bonds be on the December 31, 2007 balance sheet? (b) With the same inf

    Funding your Retirement Financial Question

    Problem 1: Funding your retirement you plan to retire in exactly 20 years. Your goal is to create a fund that will allow you to receive $20,000 at the end of each year for the 30 years between retirement and death (a psychic told you would die exactly 30 years after you retire). You know that you will be able to earn 11%

    Interest and the Time Value of Money

    Deliverable Length: Power Point Presentation 8-10 slides Details: Your advertising team has been given an ad campaign for a financial institution to introduce various financial schemes education for the public. You have been asked to put together a presentation for the financial institution to view before the ad campaign is im

    Expected interest rate

    Assume that the real risk-free rate is 2% and that the maturity risk premium is zero. If the nominal rate of interest on 1-year bonds is 5% and that on comparable-risk 2-year bonds is 7%, what is the 1-year interest rate that is expected for Year 2?

    To what amount will the following investments accumulate?

    To what amount will the following investments accumulate? a. $5,000 invested for 10 years at 10 percent compounded annually b. $8,000 invested for 7 years at 8 percent compounded annually c. $775 invested for 12 years at 12 percent compounded annually d. $21,000 invested for 5 years at 5 percent compounded annually

    Interest, Time Value of Money, Present and Future Values

    Power Point Presentation 8-10 slides Details: Your advertising team has been given an ad campaign for a financial institution to introduce various financial schemes education for the public. You have been asked to put together a presentation for the financial institution to view before the ad campaign is implemented. Create a

    Dynamic Sofa: Explain how Compensating Balances work in 3 scenarios

    Compensating Balances. Suppose that Dynamic Sofa (a subsidiary of Dynamic Mattress) has a line of credit with a stated interest rate of 10 percent and a compensating balance of 25 percent. The compensating balance earns no interest. a. If the firm needs $10,000, how much will it need to borrow? b. Suppose that Dynamic's

    Bad Debt Expense...

    Can you help me get started with this assignment? A company reports the following: Allowance for doubtful accounts at 12/31/2003 $8,000 Credit sales during 2004 400,000 A/R written off during 2004 9,000 A review and aging of A/R in Jan 2005 has determined that

    Interest Rates: Yield Curve

    Suppose the current one-year interest rate is 6%. One year from now, you believe the economy will start to slow and the one-year interest rate fell to 2%. The one-year interest rate will then rise to 3% the following year, and continue to rise by 1% per year until it returns to 6%, where it will remain from then on. a. If you

    Interest rate parity and Purchasing power parity: forward contract amount

    1. Implication of IRP. Assume that interest rate parity exists. You expect that the one-year nominal interest rate in the U.S. is 7%, while the one-year nominal interest rate in Australia is 11%. The spot rate of the Australian dollar is $.60. You will need 10 million Australian dollars in one year. Today, you purchase a one-yea

    Interest Rate on an auto loan

    The president of a company is in the process of setting rates on 1 year CDs and on 4 year, fixed rate automobile loans. The automobile loans will be financed primarily by issuing 1 year CDs. The yield curve is presently upward sloping, suggesting that these fixed rate loans should be priced carefully. Based on the following info

    How many U.S. dollars will you need in one year to fulfill your forward contract? Determine the expected amount of dollars to be paid by the Wake Forest Co. for the pesos in one year.

    1. Implication of IRP. Assume that interest rate parity exists. You expect that the one-year nominal interest rate in the U.S. is 7%, while the one-year nominal interest rate in Australia is 11%. The spot rate of the Australian dollar is $.60. You will need 10 million Australian dollars in one year. Today, you purchase a one-yea

    Why Verizon Has Always Had Higher Debt

    Please explain the internet statement "Verizon has always had higher debt than some of its peers. There was some discussion about this inside the industry a few years ago when they were deploying their IPTV services (FiOS). Their technology was more expensive than AT&T's, which required more up-front capital to put fiber in the

    Investment Account of Ames Interest in Nestlum

    Ames owns 100% of Nestlum, Inc. Although the Investment in Nestlum account has a balance of $596,000, the subsidiary's 12,000 shares have an underlying book value of only $40 per share. On Jan 1, 2009, Nestlum issues 3,000 new shares to the public for $50 per share. How does this transaction affect the Investment in Nestlum acc

    Value of outstanding bonds and rates of returns

    1 "The values of outstanding bonds change whenever the going rate of interest changes. In general, short-term interest rates are more volatile than long-term interest rates. Therefore, short-term bond prices are more sensitive to interest rate changes than are long-term bond prices." Is this statement true or false? Explain.

    I6-44 - Prepaid Interest & other deductible items on a new home purchase loan

    During the current year, Richard and Alisha, a married couple who use the cash method of accounting, purchased a principal residence for $320,000. They paid $40,000 down and financed the remaining $280,000 of the purchase price with a 30-year mortgage. At the closing, they also paid $500 for an appraisal, $500 for a title search

    Governmental Funds Debt Capacity

    A. Discuss how the debt capacity of a governmental entity is determined. b. Evaluate the effect of refunding or reorganizing existing debt obligations. c. Analyze various funding alternatives that can be used to support debt obligation. d. Describe how rating agencies evaluate governmental risk.

    EAR, monthly payment, refinance mortgage

    1) You have found three investments choices for a one-year deposit: 10% APR compounded monthly, 10% APR compounded annually, and 9% APR compounded daily. Compute the EAR for each investment choice. (Assume that there are 365 days in the year.) 2) Oppenheimer Bank is offering a 30-year mortgage with an EAR of 5 3/8%. If you pl

    Consider that Blue Sky Airlines has the following options

    Consider that Blue Sky Airlines has the following options: The government has offered a potential "gift" to cover the incremental cost of fuel. This will be an elimination of a 6% fuel excise tax as well as an interest-free $100 million gift in return for agreeing to purchase only U.S.-manufactured aircraft over a three-year

    Breakeven analysis, Capital Structure

    Problem 1: Mike Smith wanted to open up a baseball hat shop. He needs to know how many hats that must be sold in a year to break even. The stores fixed costs for the year are estimated at $85,000. He is planning on selling the hats for $20.00 a piece. His cost per hat is $10.50. a. Find the operating break

    Abbey and Hayduke: Notes receivable with unrealistic interest rate are examined.

    On December 31, 2005 Ed Abbey Co performed environmental consulting services for Hayduke Co. Hayduke was short of cash and Abbey Co agreed to accept a $200,000 zero interest bearing note due December 31, 2007, as payment in full. Hayduke is somewhat of a credit risk and typically borrows funds at a rate of 10%. Abbey is much m

    Par value bonds with a 12% coupon interest rate

    Universal Systems has an outstanding issue of $1,000 par value bonds with a 12% coupon interest rate. The issue pays interest annually and has 16 years remaining to maturity date. 1. If bonds of similiar risk are currently earing a 10% rate of return how much should Universal Systems bond sell for today? 2. Describe the two

    Practice Quiz: contracts, surety vs. guarantor, deposit accounts and more

    1. The City of Melonville hires Ace Construction Company to build its new City Hall. Integrity Insurance agrees to be liable for Ace's performance of its contract. The City of Melonville has Integrity and Ace both sign the contract which provides that Ace and Integrity will be "jointly and severally" liable for the performance.