Finance

Hollister, Inc. is currently considering an eight-year project that ha

Hollister, Inc. is currently considering an eight-year project that has an initial outlay or cost of $120,000. The future cash inflows from its project for years 1 through 8 are the same at $30,000. Hollister has a discount rate of 11%. Because of capital rationing (shortage of funds for financing), Hollister wants to compute the […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Dakota, Inc. is currently considering an eight-year project that has a

Dakota, Inc. is currently considering an eight-year project that has an initial outlay or cost of $140,000. The cash inflows from its project for years 1 through 8 are the same at $35,000. Dakota has a discount rate of 12%. Because there is a shortage of funds to finance all good projects, Dakota wants to […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Transaction costs and personal taxes may affect investors’ ability to

Transaction costs and personal taxes may affect investors’ ability to undertake arbitrage. Also, a firm’s earnings are taxed, and interest payments are deductible while dividends are not. These are examples of the violation of which of the assumptions of an ideal capital market? a. Capital Markets are frictionless b. Homogeneous expectations c. Atomistic competition d. […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Variation in personal tax rates and transaction costs across both inve

Variation in personal tax rates and transaction costs across both investors and securities may differentially affect the values of corporate securities. Also a firm faces substantial transaction costs in issuing securities, which may inhibit its ability to undertake otherwise profitable capital investments. These are examples of the violation of which of the assumptions of an […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020