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FOUND.OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT-ACCESS
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Chapter 19, Problem 17P

a.

Summary Introduction

To calculate: The profit or loss of the Redford Investment Company, if warrants are exercised today.

Introduction:

Warrant:

It is a security that provides its holder with an entitlement of buying the underlying shares of a corporation at a price fixed by it.

b.

Summary Introduction

To calculate: The percentage rate of return (ROR) of Redford Investment Company.

Introduction:

Rate of return(ROR):

It is the rate that shows the net profit or loss, an investor earns or loses on an investment over a particular time-period. It helps in measuring growth of an investment that took place in two periods.

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