Finance

You are evaluating two projects. You may accept only one of them. Proj

You are evaluating two projects. You may accept only one of them. Project one will cost $379,000 initially and will pay $134,000 each year for the next 5 years. Project two will cost $454,000 initially, but will pay $101,000 for the next 10 years. The firm’s cost of capital is 15%. Compute the NPV of […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Duddy Kravitz owns the Saint Viateur Bagel store. His world famous bag

Duddy Kravitz owns the Saint Viateur Bagel store. His world famous bagels are hand rolled, boiled in honey-water and baked in a wood-burning oven. The store sells 5,000 bagels per day and is open 365 days of the year. The bagels are so popular that, on weekends, the customer line-up runs half-way down the block. […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Explain the double-entry system of the balance of payments. What will

Explain the double-entry system of the balance of payments. What will be an ideal response?     ANSWER Answer: The balance of payments uses a double-entry system. Each transaction gives rise to two entries: One entry is a credit, and the other entry is a debit of equal value. Any transaction resulting in a payment […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

What does it mean for a country to experience a capital inflow? Is thi

What does it mean for a country to experience a capital inflow? Is this associated with a surplus or a deficit on the country’s capital account? What will be an ideal response?     ANSWER Answer: When a country experiences a capital inflow, foreign residents are investing in domestic assets and domestic residents are selling […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Cash-2-Day Company currently trades for $20. Analysts regard it as fai

Cash-2-Day Company currently trades for $20. Analysts regard it as fairly valued at its current price. The company has announced that it intends to spend $200.10 million on an open market repurchase. Assume that the company is able to repurchase shares at a price of $15. There are 400 million shares outstanding prior to the […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

What represents a credit to the investment income account of the balan

What represents a credit to the investment income account of the balance of payments? What will be an ideal response?     ANSWER Answer: The investment income account of the balance of payments is a sub-account of the current account. It records the dividend and interest receipts that domestic residents receive as income from their […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020