Problem. The WHN Company is going to introduce one of the three new products: a widget, a hummer, or a nimnot. The market condition could be favorable, stable, or unfavorable with the probabilities 0.2, 0.5, and 0.3 respectively. The monetary outcomes for each product under each condition are described in the following table: Favorable Unfavorable -$75,000 $20,000 $30,000 Stable Widget Hummer $60,000 Nimnot $35,000 $120,000 | $70,000 $40,000 $30,000 Create a decision tree to identify which new product should be introduced in order to maximize the company's profit?

Problem. The WHN Company is going to introduce one of the three new products: a widget, a hummer, or a nimnot. The market condition could be favorable, stable, or unfavorable with the probabilities 0.2, 0.5, and 0.3 respectively. The monetary outcomes for each product under each condition are described in the following table: Favorable Unfavorable -$75,000 $20,000 $30,000 Stable Widget Hummer $60,000 Nimnot $35,000 $120,000 | $70,000 $40,000 $30,000 Create a decision tree to identify which new product should be introduced in order to maximize the company's profit?

Essentials Of Investments

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Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

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Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues

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LEI has the following investment opportunities that are average-risk projects for the firm: Project A B C D E Cost at t = 0 $10,000 20,000 10,000 20,000 10,000 Rate of Return 16.4% 15.0% 13.2% 12.0% 11.5% Which projects should LEI accept? Why?
The Sunshine Corporation has to make a choice between two different solutions to its current production bottleneck. It can purchase the Superduper Model XT, which is more expensive but will have a useful life of 6 years, or it can purchase the Mediocre Model UX, which is less expensive but will only have a useful life of 3 years. The company requires a 10 percent rate of return on its investments. The Superduper’s cash flows are: Yr0 = -75, Yr1 = 10, Yr2 = 15, Yr3 = 25, Yr4 = 30, Yr5 = 25, Yr6 = 20. The Mediocre’s cash flows are: Yr0 = -50, Yr1 = 25, Yr2 = 30, Yr3 = 13. Using the replacement chain method, which of these two alternatives is better?
Consider the basic setup of the Diamond-Dybvig (1983) model. Specifically, there are three periods, denoted t = 0, 1, 2, a single consumption good, and an illiquid investment opportunity that pays gross return 1 if liquidated at t = 1, or gross return 2.2 if liquidated at t = 2. There are 500 people in the economy, each endowed with 1 unit of the consumption good at t = 0. At t = 1, exactly 200 will randomly realize that they need to consume at t = 1 (the early consumers), the remaining 300 people will need to consume at t = 2 (the late consumers). The utility derived from consumption is 1 − (1/c1) 2 for early consumers, 1−(1/c2) 2 for late consumers, where the subscript denotes the time of consumption. Suppose a bank can offer an asset that is more liquid, with gross returns Rd 1 = 1.33 and Rd 2 = 1.71 (depending on the time of liquidation). (i) Calculate the bank’s profit after t = 2. In other words, what amount of funds remains at the bank once all depositors have withdrawn? Now…
Assume a company is going to make an investment of $300,000 in a machine and the following are the cash flows that two different products would bring in years one through four. The company's required rate of return is 12%. What is the NPV for Option A? What is the NPV for Option B? What is the IRR for Option A? What is the IRR for Option B? PLEASE NOTE #1: The dollar amounts will be with "$" and commas as needed and rounded to two decimal places (i.e. $12,345.67). Round your IRR answers, in percentage format, to two decimal places (i.e. 12.34%). Given the above answers, which project should the company invest in? Project . PLEASE NOTE #2: Your answer is either "A" or "B" - capital letter, no quotes.
Zymase is a biotechnology start-up firm. Researchers at Zymase must choose one of three different research strategies. The payoffs (after-tax) and their likelihood for each strategy are shown below. The risk of each project is diversifiable. Strategy Probability (%) Payoff ($ million) A 100 65 В 50 120 50 C 10 270 90 30 a. Which project has the highest expected payoff? b. Suppose Zymase has debt of $30 million due at the time of the project's payoff. Which strategy has the highest expected payoff for equity holders? c. Suppose Zymase has debt of $120 million due at the time of the project's payoff. Which strategy has the highest expected payoff for equity holders? d. If management chooses the strategy that maximizes the payoff to equity holders, what is the expected agency cost to the firm from having $30 million in debt due? What is the expected agency cost to the firm from having $120 million in debt due? a. Which project has the highest expected payoff? (Select the best choice…
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Suppose that Calloway golf would like to capitalize on Phil Michelson winning the Open Championship in 2013 by releasing a new putter. The new product will require new equipment for $403,915.00 that will be depreciated using the 5-year MACRS schedule. The project will run for 2 years with the following forecasted numbers: Putter price Units sold COGS Selling and Administrative Year 1 What is the NPV of the project? $64.95 18,393.00 39.00% of sales 21.00% of sales Year 2 $64.95 10,084.00 39.00% of sales 21.00% of sales Calloway has a 13.00% cost of capital and a 39.00% tax rate. The firm expects to sell the equipment after 2 years for a NSV of $136,159.00.
YOU ARE A FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR A COMPANY THAT IS CONSIDERING A NEW PROJECT. IF THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED, IT WILL USE A FRACTION OF A STORAGE FACILITY THAT THE COMPANY ALREADY OWNS BUT CURRENTLY DOES NOT USE. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO LAST 10 YEARS, AND THE ANNUAL DISCOUNT RATE IS 10% (COMPOUNDED ANNUALLY). YOU RESEARCH THE POSSIBILITIES, AND FIND THAT THE ENTIRE STORAGE FACILITY CAN BE SOLD FOR €100,000 AND A SMALLER (BUT BIG ENOUGH) FACILITY CAN BE ACQUIRED FOR €40,000. THE BOOK VALUE OF THE EXISTING FACILITY IS €60,000, AND BOTH THE EXISITING AND THE NEW FACILITIES (IF IT IS ACQUIRED) WOULD BE DEPRECIATED STRAIGHT LINE OVER 10 YEARS (DOWN TO A ZERO BOOK VALUE). THE CORPORATE TAX RATE IS 40%. DISCUSS WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF USING THE EXISTING STORAGE CAPACITY?
Modigliani and Associates has forecasted the following payoffs from a project: Outcome Probability of Outcome Assumptions $ 0 20% pessimistic $ 3,500 60% moderately successful $ 6,000 20% optimistic What is the expected value of the outcomes?
Comparing all methods. Risky Business is looking at a project with the following estimated cash flow:. Risky Business wants to know the payback period, NPV, IRR, MIRR, and Pl of this project. The appropriate discount rate for the project is 10%. If the cutoff period is 6 years for major projects, determine whether the management at Risky Business will accept or reject the project under the five different decision models. What is the payback period for the new project at Risky Business? years (Round to two decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Initial investment at start of project: $11,300,000 Cash flow at end of year one: $2,034,000 Cash flow at end of years two through six: $2,260,000 each year Cash flow at end of years seven through nine: $2,237,400 each year Cash flow at end of year ten: $1,721,077 HERY BU De DULU LUDIV Print (...) Diana - X Clear all Check answer
Ang Electronics, Inc., has developed a new DVDR. If the DVDR is successful, the present value of the payoff (when the product is brought to market) is $34.8 million. If the DVDR fails, the present value of the payoff is $12.8 million. If the product goes directly to market, there is a 40 percent chance of success. Alternatively, the company can delay the launch by one year and spend $1.38 million to test market the DVDR. Test marketing would allow the firm to improve the product and increase the probability of success to 70 percent. The appropriate discount rate is 12 percent. Calculate the NPV of going directly to market and the NPV of test marketing before going to market.
The most likely outcomes for a particular project are estimated as follows: Unit price: Variable cost: Fixed cost: Expected sales: 50 24 30 $370,000 36,000 units per year However, you recognize that some of these estimates are subject to error. Suppose that each variable may turn out to be either 10% higher or 10% lower than the initial estimate. The project will last for 10 years and requires an initial investment of $1.4 million, which will be depreclated straight-line over the project life to a final value of zero. The firm's tax rate is 21% and the required rate of return is 14%. (For all the requirements, a negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars not in millions. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.) a. What is project NPV in the best-case scenario, that is, assuming all variables take on the best possible value? b. What is project NPV in the worst-case scenario?

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