Sooner-than-Later (STL) Inc. announces that it will pay a $75 per dividend next year, followed by a final dividend of $30 per share in the year after. Mrs.Donna Holder has 50 shares in STL Inc. She wishes to limit her income frominvestments to no more than $35 per share in the first year. Demonstrate through relevant computations, how she can achieve this goal through homemade dividends if the required return on STL Inc’s shares is 9%. What will be Mrs. Holder’s earning in the second year? Show detailed workings in support of your response.

Mahenterin Inc. is expecting to pay $1.23, $0.99, and $1.13 in annual dividends for the next three years respectively. After that, it projects that dividends will increase by 1.5% annually. Andy is in the 25% marginal tax bracket and wants to earn 6% after-tax on his investments. How much is Andy willing to pay today for one share of Mahenterin Inc. stock? Multiple Choice $16.90 $17.04 $17.31 $17.36 $17.81

Jan purchased 100 shares of Peach Computer stock for $18 per share, plus a $45 brokerage commission. Every 6 months she received a dividend from Peach of 50 cents per share. At the end of 2 years, just after receiving the fourth dividend, she sold the stock for $23 per share and paid a $58 brokerage commission from the proceeds.What annual rate of return did she receive on her investment? Solution: 1. NPW=PW of Benefits - PW of Costs=0 o Number of terms n= o PW of Benefits = (P/A,i*,n)+ (P/F,i*,n); O PW of Costs= 2. Find IRR through interpolation o Try i*=7%, NPW= o Try i*=8%, NPW= o Through interpolation, ROR= % 3. Other Calculations: o Nominal rate r= %; o Effective rate iz= %.

Komiko Tanaka invests $14,500 in LymaBean, Incorporated. LymaBean does not pay any dividends. Komiko projects that her investment will generate a 10 percent before-tax rate of return. She plans to invest for the long term. C. How much cash will Komiko retain, after taxes, if she holds the investment for five years and then sells when the long-term capital gains rate is 25 percent? D. What is Komiko's after-tax rate of return on her investment in part (c)?

The Total Return on an investment is the relative change in the investment value: Ending Value-Initial Value Total Return Initial Value Joy pays $16,000 for shares in a new company. She sells the shares 8 years later for $12,500. What was her total return on this investment? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent. The Total Return on Joy's investment is

Stella plans to purchase 100 shares of a stock (ticker: HOOD) that is currentlytrading at $72 per share. She plans to get a call loan of $4,000 from her long-time broker. Herbroker will charge 2.74% interest on the loan regardless of the length of the loan. If the stockincreases by $10 over the next year, what is the return on her investment for the year?Assume she pays the interest when she returns the loan. Round your answer to two decimalplaces. Use a detailed explanation without excel.  A. 13.89%B. 14.67%C. 16.67%D. 27.83%E. 31.25%

Kathy Myers frequently purchases stocks and bonds, but she is uncertain how to determine the rate of return that she is earning. For example, three years ago she paid $23,000 for 500 shares of Malti Company's common stock. She received a $460 cash dividend on the stock at the end of each year for three years. At the end of three years, she sold the stock for $30,000. Kathy would like to earn a return of at least 13% on all of her investments. She is not sure whether the Malti Company stock provide a 13% return and would like some help with the necessary computations. Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. Compute the net present value that Kathy earned on her investment in Malti Company stock. 2. Did the Malti Company stock provide a 13% return? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Compute the net present value that Kathy earned on her investment…

Penny Cassidy is considering forming her own pool service and supply company, Penny's Pool Service & Supply Inc. (PPSS). She has decided to incorporate the business to limit her legal liability. She expects to invest $40,000 of her own savings and receive 1,000 shares of capital. Her plan for the first year of operations forecasts the following amounts at December 31, the end of the year: Cash In bank, $2,900; amounts due from customers for services rendered, $2,300; pool supplies Inventory, $4,600; equipment, $48,000; amounts owed to Pool Corporation Inc., a pool supply wholesaler, $3,500; note payable to the bank, $5,000. Penny forecasts first year sales of $60,000, wages of $24,000, cost of supplies used $8,200, other administrative expenses $4.500, and income tax expense of $4,000. She expects to pay herself a $10,000 dividend as the sole shareholder of the company. Required: If Penny's estimates are correct, what would the following first year financial statements look like for…

The Total Return on an investment is the relative change in the investment value over a given time period.Total Return=Ending Value−Initial ValueInitial ValueTotal Return=Ending Value-Initial ValueInitial ValueKaty pays $5,500 for shares in a new company. She sells the shares 10 years later for $17,500. What was her total return on this investment? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.The Total Return on Katy's investment is  %

Carmen Santiago decided to invest $12,000 in shares of the AT&T company that pays her 5% in dividends each year. In 5 years, he will sell the shares for market value, which he estimates will have increased in value by 1% of their original value. The combined marginal tax rate that applies to you is 39%. If the inflation rate is 6%, determine: a) The internal rate of return before taxes, ignoring inflation b) The internal rate of return after taxes, ignoring inflation c) The internal rate of return after taxes, taking into account inflation