PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781260013900
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 9, Problem 6PS
Company cost of capital Nero Violins has the following capital structure:
- a. What is the firm’s asset beta? (Hint: What is the beta of a portfolio of all the firm’s securities?)
- b. Assume that the
CAPM is correct. What discount rate should Nero set for investments that expand the scale of its operations without changing its asset beta? Assume a risk-free interest rate of 5% and a market risk premium of 6%. Ignore taxes.
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A currency speculator wants to speculate on the future movements of the €. The speculator expects the € to appreciate in the near future and decides to concentrate on the nearby contract. The broker requires a 2%
Initial Margin (IM) and the Maintenance Margin (MM) is 75% of IM. Following € Futures quotes are currently available from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
Euro (CME)- €125,000; $/€
Open
High
Low
Settle Change Open Interest
June
1.2216
1.2276
1.2175 1.2259
-0.0018
Sept
1.2229
1.2288
1.2189 1.2269 0.0018
255,420
19,335
In addition to the information provided above, consider the following CME quotes that are available at the end of day one's trading:
Euro (CME) - €125,000; $/€
Open
High
Low
June
1.2216
Sept
1.2229
1.2276
1.2288
Settle Change Open Interest
1.2175 1.2176 -0.0083 255,420
1.2189…
Chapter 9 Solutions
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch. 9 - (VAR.P and STDEV.P) Choose two well-known stocks...Ch. 9 - (AVERAGE, VAR.P and STDEV.P) Now calculate the...Ch. 9 - (SLOPE) Download the Standard Poors index for the...Ch. 9 - Definitions Define the following terms: a. Cost of...Ch. 9 - True/false True or false? a. The company cost of...Ch. 9 - Company cost of capital Quark Productions (Give...Ch. 9 - Company cost of capital The total market value of...Ch. 9 - Company cost of capital You are given the...Ch. 9 - Company cost of capital Nero Violins has the...Ch. 9 - WACC A company is 40% financed by risk-free debt....
Ch. 9 - WACC Binomial Tree Farms financing includes 5...Ch. 9 - Prob. 10PSCh. 9 - Measuring risk The following table shows estimates...Ch. 9 - Prob. 12PSCh. 9 - Asset betas Which of these projects is likely to...Ch. 9 - Asset betas EZCUBE Corp. is 50% financed with...Ch. 9 - Prob. 15PSCh. 9 - Prob. 16PSCh. 9 - Prob. 17PSCh. 9 - Fudge factors John Barleycorn estimates his firms...Ch. 9 - Prob. 19PSCh. 9 - Prob. 20PSCh. 9 - Certainty equivalents A project has a forecasted...Ch. 9 - Certainty equivalents A project has the following...Ch. 9 - Prob. 23PSCh. 9 - Beta of costs Suppose that you are valuing a...Ch. 9 - Fudge factors An oil company executive is...
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