Principles of Corporate Finance
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260465099
Author: BREALEY, Richard
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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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
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Chapter 9 Solutions
Principles of Corporate Finance
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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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