Which of the following contributes positively to the value of a real option to delay investment? First-mover competitive advantages It lowers idiosyncratic risk, and thus the firm's cost of capital Delaying project revenues, due to TVM The likely resolution of some uncertainty

Explain why the following statement is true: In general, the more uncertainty thereis about future market conditions, the more attractive an investment timing optionwill be, other things held constant.

Financial advisors generally recommend that their clients allocate more to higher risk–return asset classes (like equities) if their investment horizons are long. Is this advice consistent with the basic M-V model? Does adding a shortfall constraint to the M-V model make a difference? If so, how? If not, why not? Assuming investment opportunities change over time, what type of asset return behavior would justify this advice within the M-V framework?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the internal rate of return criterion? Select one: a. It is not a true rate of return. b. It uses an arbitrary benchmark cutoff rate. c. It ignores time value of money, cash flows, and market values. d. It cannot be used to rank independent projects. e. It may lead to incorrect decisions when comparing mutually exclusive investments.

Which of the following statements is correct?   a. Since investors prefer more return and less risk, one will never hold a dominated asset in the risk-return sense. In other words, if asset A has a higher expected return and lower standard-deviation than asset B, then investors would only hold asset A in their optimal portfolio.   b. The IRR method correctly ranks mutually exclusive projects.   c. When an investment project is evaluated today, the spending that occurred in the last year has to be included in the NPV analysis.   d. The payback period criterion properly considers the time value of money.   e. When there are two mutually exclusive projects, the project with the highest NPV should be chosen.

Explain in general terms what each of the following real options is and how it could changeprojects’ NPVs and their corresponding risk relative to what would have been estimated ifthe options had not been considered.a. Abandonmentb. Timingc. Growthd. Flexibility

Option values are extinguished when they areexercised. How does this influence capital budgeting decisions? What considerations, or typesof analysis, might lead management to “take theplunge” and proceed with a project rather thankeep delaying it?

Companies often have to increase their initial investment costs to obtain real options. Whymight this be so, and how could a firm decide whether it was worth the cost to obtain agiven real option?

What is the basic net present value (NPV) investment rule? More than one answer may be correct. Multiple select question. Accept a project if the discount rate is above zero Reject a project if its NPV is less than zero Accept a project if its NPV is less than zero If a project's NPV is equal to zero, a firm would be indifferent to accepting or rejecting the project. Accept a project if its NPV is greater than zero

Based on the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), there is generally Blank______. Multiple choice question. a negative relationship between beta and the expected return on a security no relationship between beta and the expected return on a security a positive relationship between beta and the expected return on a security