Chapter 13, Problem 1P

The CFO has asked you to compute Project Delta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: • A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when the cash flows are discounted using the project's IRR. • The level of risk exhibited by Project Delta is the same as that exhibited by the company's average project, which means that Project Delta's net cash flows can be discounted using Blue Hamster's 9% WACC. Given the data and hints, Project Delta's initial investment is and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole dollar). A project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows increase, and everything else is unaffected.

Alternate & Co is attempting to choose the best of two alternatives asset investment A and B, each requiring an initial investment of RM10000 and both having most likely, optimistic and pessimistic rate of return as shown in the table below. Calculate the following from the data given below. i. Expected rate of return for Asset A & B ii. Variance for Asset A & B iii. Standard deviation for Asset A & B iv. Coefficient of variation for Asset A & B v. Which of the asset is more risky? Asset A Asset B Initial Investment Rm10000 Annual rate of return RM10000 Annual rate of return Probability of this event occurring (2) 0.25 Possible outcomes (3) (5) (1) Pessimistic Most likely Optimistic 13% 7% 0.50 15% 15% 0.25 17% 23% 1.0

The Ajax Company uses a portfolio approach to manage their research and development (R&D) projects. Ajax wants to keep a mix of projects to balance the expected return and risk profiles of their R&D activities. Consider a situation in which Ajax has six R&D projects as characterized in the table. Each project is given an expected rate of return and a risk assessment, which is a value between 1 and 10, where 1 is the least risky and 10 is the most risky. Ajax would like to visualize their current R&D projects to keep track of the overall risk and return of their R&D portfolio. Project Expected Rateof Return (%) Risk Estimate Capital Invested(Millions $) 1 12.6 6.8 6.4 2 14.8 6.2 45.8 3 9.2 4.2 9.2 4 6.1 6.2 17.2 5 21.4 8.2 34.2 6 7.5 3.2 14.8   The efficient frontier of R&D projects represents the set of projects that have the highest expected rate of return for a given level of risk. In other words, any project that has a smaller expected rate…

The Ajax Company uses a portfolio approach to manage their research and development(R&D) projects. Ajax wants to keep a mix of projects to balance the expected return andrisk profiles of their R&D activities. Consider the situation where Ajax has six R&D projectsas characterized in the table. Each project is given an expected rate of return and a riskassessment, which is a value between 1 and 10 where 1 is the least risky and 10 is the mostrisky. Ajax would like to visualize their current R&D projects to keep track of the overallrisk and return of their R&D portfolio. a. Create a bubble chart where the expected rate of return is along the horizontal axis, therisk estimate is on the vertical axis, and the size of the bubbles represents the amountof capital invested. Format this chart for best presentation by adding axes labels andlabeling each bubble with the project number.b. The efficient frontier of R&D projects represents the set of projects that have the…

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?   a.  An NPV profile graph shows how a project's payback varies as the cost of capital changes.   b.  The NPV profile graph for a normal project will generally have a positive (upward) slope as the life of the project increases.   c.  An NPV profile graph is designed to give decision makers an idea about how a project's risk varies with its life.   d.  An NPV profile graph is designed to give decision makers an idea about how a project's contribution to the firm's value varies with the cost of capital.   e.  We cannot draw a project's NPV profile unless we know the appropriate WACC for use in evaluating the project's NPV. Provide explanation for the choice

Consider the following two statements concerning risk analysis: 1. Sensitivity analysis provides clear decision rules concerning acceptance or rejection of an investment project. 2. The risk-adjusted discount rate adds a risk premium to the expected rate of inflation to derive a discount rate for investment projects. Which one of the following combinations (true/false) relating to the above statements is correct?   Select one: a. Statement 1 is False   &   Statement 2 True b. Statement 1 is False   &   Statement 2 False c. Statement 1 is True   &   Statement 2 is False d. Statement 1 is True   &   Statement 2 is True e. None of these answers are correct

I need help matching the defintions with the words, thank you.

In a few sentences, answer the following question as completely as you can. According to your textbook, “an investment should be accepted if the net present value is positive and rejected if it is negative” (p. 239). What does an NPV of zero mean?If you were a financial decision maker facing a project with NPV of zero (or close to zero) what would you do? Can you think of any other factors that might influence your decision?

A financial analyst is evaluating the following projects, which are mutually exclusive, meaning that only one of them can be chosen. Based on financial theory and the NPV criterion, which one of these projects should be chosen over the other three? Time A C D -26,000 -7,200 -14,500 -19,600 8,100 11,900 8,100 2,360 8.600 1,150 10,000 2,120 5,700 800 11,100 11,00O0 4,200 850 1,130 9,800 12,480 9,700 830 11,600 Discount 13.9% 13.9% 13.9% 13.9% Rate O Project A O Project B O Project C O Project D O12 345