Finance

Bond contracts generally include restrictive covenants, designed to pr

Bond contracts generally include restrictive covenants, designed to protect the interests of the bondholders. Typical covenants restrict all of the following EXCEPT: a. the borrowing firm’s investment activities. b. the borrowing firm’s ability to issue additional debt. c. the borrowing firm’s dividend policy. d. the firm’s hiring of management personnel.     ANSWER D

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Masulis (1980) documented evidence that the market generally reacts fa

Masulis (1980) documented evidence that the market generally reacts favorably to a leverage- increasing debt-for-equity swap, and unfavorably to a leverage decreasing equity-for-debt swap. Which of the following is NOT a legitimate theoretical explanation for these market reactions? a. Increasing leverage increases the tax shield of debt, while extinguishing debt decreases it. b. Increasing leverage […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Pearson Advising will have cash receipts of $35,000 in April and cash

Pearson Advising will have cash receipts of $35,000 in April and cash disbursements of $30,000 for this month. If its beginning cash is $5,000 and its desired reserve is $2,000, what will its excess be for April? A) There is no excess but a shortfall. B) $5,000 C) $7,000 D) $8,000     ANSWER Answer: […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

The conservative funding strategy is a strategy by which a firm financ

The conservative funding strategy is a strategy by which a firm finances at least its seasonal requirements, and possibly some of its permanent requirements, with short-term funds and the balance of its permanent requirements with long-term funds. Indicate whether the statement is true or false     ANSWER FALSE

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Conflicts of interest between a borrowing firm and its creditors. This

Conflicts of interest between a borrowing firm and its creditors. This problem is exacerbated in the case of a public bond, because the ownership of public bonds is generally dispersed among many bondholders. For these reasons, the interests of the investors in a public corporate bond are protected in part by the appointment of a […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020