You are the CFO of Ford (F) and need to raise $168 million to build a new electric pickup truck. You plan to issue preferred stock with a $4.20 yearly dividend. You estimate that the return the market will require for these shares will be 10.0%. How many shares will you have to issue to fund the project?

Suppose you are thinking of purchasing the Luna Co.’s common stock today. If you expect Luna to pay $2.5, $2.625, $2.73, and $2.81 dividends at the end of year one, two, three, and four respectively and you believe that you can sell the stock for $40.97 at the end of year four.  If you required return on this investment is 9%, how much will you be willing to pay for the stock today?

You expect a share of EconNews.Com to sell for $65 a year from now. If you are willing to pay $65.74 for one share of the stock today, and you assume the share is riskless but require a return of 8 percent, what dividend payment must you expect to receive from the stock?

Suppose you are thinking of purchasing the Moore Co.’s common stock today. If you expect Moore to pay $2.5, $2.625, $2.73, and $2.81 dividends at the end of year one, two, three, and four respectively and you believe that you can sell the stock for $40.97 at the end of year four.  If you required return on this investment is 9%, how much will you be willing to pay for the stock today?

You are looking into purchasing stock of Broken Inc. at $50 per share using as little of your own money as possible (i.e. maximizing the amount of margin possible). You have $5,000 to invest. If initial margin is 50%, how many shares can you buy?

Please use Excel to solve: You have just purchased a share of stock for $20. The company is expected to pay a dividend of $0.50 per share in exactly one year. If you want to earn a 10% return on your investment, what price do you need if you expect to sell the share immediately after it pays the dividend?

You were offered to buy shares of stock of a newly listed company. You decided to take 300 shares at Php 1200 per share. You plan on selling these shares when the market value doubles. If the prevailing rate of increase is 12% per year, how long do you expect to wait until you decide to sell your shares of stock? Explain your answer. Note: please sketch the cash flow diagram.

- The firm you founded currently has 14 million shares, of which you own 8 million. You are considering an IPO where you would sell 2 million shares for $29 each. If all of the shares sold are from your holdings, how much will the firm raise? What will your percentage ownership of the firm be after the IPO? If all of the shares sold are from your holdings, (Select the best choice below.) A. the firm will raise $25 million from the IPO. B. the firm will raise $350 million from the IPO. c. the firm will raise no money from the IPO. O D. the firm will raise $200 million from the IPO. Your percentage ownership of the firm after the IPO will be%. (Round to one decimal place.)

You purchase 1,000 shares of WMT (Walmart) for $143 per share. A year later, you sell the stock for $166 per share. You receive a dividend of $2.27 a share. a.What is your total dollar return? b. What are your dividend yield, capital gain yield, and total percentage return? Note: don't use chat gpt.

Suppose that you believe the fundamental value of Wal-Grey stock is about to rise from $50 to $100 because of its new management team. You have $20,000 that you can risk in the market, and you can think of four possible ways to profit: a)use your $20,000 to buy shares of Wal-Grey b)borrow (at a 6% interest rate) an additional $20,000 on margin to buy a total of $40,000 worth of Wal-Grey stock c) enter into a futures contract to buy 400 shares of Wal-Grey in one year for $21,200 (you can invest safetly for a year at a 6% interest rate) d)buy a call option (for every $1000 you spend on call options, you have the right to buy 100 shares of Wal-Grey at the current price of $50 per share.) Calculate how much you earn or lose by each method if: (i) Wal-Grey stock rises to $100 per share in one year.