The Garraty Company has two bond issues outstanding. Both bonds pay $100 annual interest plus $1,000 at maturity. Bond L has a maturity of 15 years, and Bond S a maturity of 1 year. a. What will be the value of each of these bonds when the going rate of interest is (1) 5 percent, (2) 8 percent, and (3) 12 percent? Assume that
Using the formula, A=P (1+ r/n)nt, let r = 10%, P = 1, and n = 1 and give the coordinates (t, A) for the points where t = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. Round your answer to the hundredth's place.
Company A has a tax rate of 20% and purchases and has a bond yielding 10%. What is Kd? Lindbergh Airlines is planning to make an offer for Flight Simulators, Inc. The stock of Flight Simulators is currently selling for $30 a share. a. If the tender offer is planned at a premium of 60 percent over market price, what will
The firms HL and LL are identical except for their leverage ratios and effects of interest rates on debt. Each has $20 million in assets, earned $4 million before interest and taxes, and has a 40 percent marginal tax rate. Firm HL, however, has a leverage ratio (Debt/TA) of 50 percent and pays 12 percent interest on this debt. F
One very interesting calculation [I think it somewhere in the reading, if not you can get it with a Google] is the annual rate of interest which an organization can earn if it takes advantage of cash discount terms like 2/10 n30. The discount to be take here is 2% but that is not an annual rate, and interest rates are almost al
How does the Federal Reserve affect interest rates that are charged by banks for loans?
The Disney Company issues a $1,000 par value, 7.55% Coupon SEMIANNUAL bond with a maturity of 100 years. Immediately after purchase at par, suppose that all interest rates fall by 100 basis points. For the first two years (between time 0 and time 2), what is the holding period return (total return) on this bond? State your a
Why would a company issue notes payable for something other than cash at the current rate?
Zucker Airline is converting form piston type planes to jets. Delivery time for the jets is 3 years, during which substantial progress payments must be made. The multi million dollar cost of the planes cannot be financed from working capital. Zucker must borrow funds for the payments. Because of high interest rates and the
A family in the Federal Reserve study group borrowed $120,000. The loan is to be repaid in 13 years at 12% interest, compounded annually. How much will be repaid at the end of 13 years?
1. An employee of the National Parks Service told you about a location in Washington, DC. It is a large grassy area south of the White House known as the Ellipse. The National Tree Lighting Ceremony is held annually on the Ellipse. Because the President officiates at this event, the Secret Service makes calculations which they u
Discuss the term structure of interest rates: 1) Supply versus demand of investment funds 2) Inflationary expectations 3) Risk characteristics 4) Yield curves And the main thing: why it is important and in which component of the corporate financing it matters?
1. A portfolio manager controls $5 million in common stocks. In anticipation of a stock market decline, the manager decides to hedge the portfolio using S&P 500 futures contract. The portfolio beta is 1.20, and the current value of the S&P 500 futures contract selected is 238.50. a) Calculate the number of futures contracts t
The total market value of Okefenokee Real Estate Company is $6 million, and the total value of its debt is $4 million. The treasurer estimates that the beta of the stock currently is 1.5 and that the expected risk premium on the market is 10 percent. The Treasury bill rate is 4 percent. a. What is the required r
Briefly discuss what are call provisions, sinking fund, interest rate risk and reinvestment risk. Which of these provisions make bonds more or less risky? Support with examples from the real business case.
Poulsbo Manufacturing Inc., is currently an all-equity firm that pays no taxes. The market value of firm's equity is $3 million. The cost of this unlevered equity is 15% per annum. Poulsbo plans to issue 600,000 in debt and use the proceeds to repurchase stock. The cost of debt is 4% semi-annually. I want to figure out: Where
Suppose the annual yield on a 2-year Treasury bond is 7.5 percent, the yield on a 1-year bond is 5 percent, k* is 3 percent, and the maturity risk premium is zero. A) Using the expectations theory, forecast the interest rate on a 1-year bond during the second year (Under the expectations theory, the yield on a 2-year bond is
If less than 100% of a subsidiary's voting stock is obtained, A. how is the presence of the other owners reflected in consolidated financial statements? B. what accounting is appropriate for a non controlling interest? C. how are these figures computed and where are they reported on the consolidated statements?
If you take out an $6,000 car loan that call for 50 monthly payments at an APR of 8 percent, what is your monthly payment? What is the effective annual interest rate on the loan?
The formula for calculating the amount of money returned for deposit money into a bank account or CD (Certificate of Deposit) is given by the following: a) Calculate the return (A) if the bank compounds annually (n = 1). b) Calculate the return (A) if the bank compounds quarterly (n = 4). Round your answer to the hundredth
You've worked out a line of credit arrangement that allows you borrow up to $70M at any time. The interest rate is .480% per month. In addition , 5% of the amount that you borrow must be deposited in a non interest-bearing account. Assume that your bank uses compound interest on its line of credit loans. 1) What is the effe
On July 1, 2006 S.Strigel Chemical Co. issued a $5,000,000 face value, 10%, 10 yr bonds at $5,679,533. This price resulted in an 8% effective interest rate on the bonds. Strigel uses the effective interest method to amortize bond premium or discount. The bonds pay semiannual interest on each July 1 and January 1. Instruction
What are interest organizations and what are their characteristics? How are they similar to political parties? How do they differ from political parties?
1. Find the total amount of money consumers are willing to spend to get q0 units of the a particular commodity given the demand function D(q): D(q) = (300 / 4q+3) dollars per unit : q0 = 10 2. When Sue turns 30 she begins making annual deposits of $2,000 into a bond fund that pays 8% annual interest compounded contin
A firm can issue $1000 par value bond that pays $100 per year in interest at a price of $980. The bond will have a 5-year life. The firm is in a 35% tax bracket. What is the aftertax cost of debt? A) 10.33% B) 10.20% C) 6.63% D) 6.84%
Carla redeemed EE bonds which qualify for the educational exclusion. The redemption consisted of 14,000 principle and 6000 interest. The net qualifying educational expenses are 8000. No reduction of the exclusion is required. What is the taxable interest?
What happens to customers (borrowers and savers) investors, and Banks profits as interest rates increase and decrease?
Fixed Rate (%) Floating Rate (%) ABC Inc. 4.5% LIBOR +1.00% XYZ Inc. 6% LIBOR +1.50% ABC Inc. and XYZ Inc. have agreed to swap t
1-Publicly Announced Earnings Research indicates that 80% of a company's stock price reflects the present value of cash flows expected to occur at least five or more years into the future. If this is correct, then why is there so much emphasis on publicly announced current quarterly earnings results? 2-Who is Warren Buffett?
In early 1996, the short-term interest rate in France was 5.7 percent, and forecast French inflation was 2.8 percent. At the same time, the short-term German interest rate was 2.6 percent and forecast German inflation was 1.6 percent. What were the real interest rates in France and Germany? Why are they different?