At present, total dividends for each of the next two years are set equal to the cash flow of $10,000 per year. There are 100 shares outstanding, so the dividend per share is $100. The price per share at the moment is $173.55 and the required return of investors is 10%. There is an alternative choice of paying $11,000 total dividends in the first year ($110 per share), followed by a liquidating dividend of $8,900 ($89 per share) in the second. You prefer the first alternative but the firm’s management adopts the second alternative. You have 50 shares to begin with and if you choose to create homemade dividends, how many shares will you have at the end of the first year? Do you have to include present value when calculating

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 At present, total dividends for each of the next two years are 
set equal to the cash flow of $10,000 per year. There are 100 
shares outstanding, so the dividend per share is $100. The price 
per share at the moment is $173.55 and the required return of 
investors is 10%. There is an alternative choice of paying 
$11,000 total dividends in the first year ($110 per share), 
followed by a liquidating dividend of $8,900 ($89 per share) in 
the second. You prefer the first alternative but the firm’s 
management adopts the second alternative. You have 50 shares to 
begin with and if you choose to create homemade dividends, how 
many shares will you have at the end of the first year? Do you have to include present value when calculating

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