Q No.1Amresh is interested in estimating the company’s WACC and has collected the following information: The company has bonds outstanding that mature in 20 years with an annual coupon of 7.5 percent. The bonds have a face value of $1,000 and sell in the market today for $950.The risk-free rate is 7 percent. The market risk premium is 6 percent. The stock’s beta is 1.2. The company’s tax rate is 40 percent. The company’s target capital structure consists of 60 percent equity and 40 percent debt. The company uses the CAPM to estimate the cost of equity and does not include flotation costs as part of its cost of capital. What is Afresh WACC?
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Instruction:
Answer the questions below based on the assigned readings on the chapters of the following books;
Stillman, Richard. 2009.Public Administration: Concepts and Cases 9th Edition. (Chapter 1&2)
Walmsley, Gary L.et al.1990.Refounding Public Administration. (Chapter 1-4)
Godsell, Charles T. (2014). The New Case for Bureaucracy 5thEdition. (Chapter 1-3)
Q. 1. - What is the politics/administration
dichotomy?
Q. 2. What is the doctrine of neutral competency?
Q. 3. What was Wilson' s main argument in the article?
Q. 4. How are public administrators held accountable according to Wilson?
Q. 5. What are the main tenets of bureaucracy as an organization theory?
Q. 6. What is the main benefit of organizing along the lines of a bureaucracy?
Q. 7. What are the two main warnings Weber gives about bureaucracy?
Q. 8. What do the rebounders say about the public interest?
Q. 9. What do the rebounders say about public administration as it relates to the U.S. Constitution?
Q. 10. What is Rohr' s normative theory of the Constitution?
Q. 11. What six values does Godsell argue bureaucracy' s public interest contribution falls within?
Q. 12. What is an agential perspective according to Walmsley?
Q. 13. How does Godsell characterize or describe bureaucracy' s image to the majority of the public?
Q. 14 What does he attribute this impression to?
Q. 15. What is the size of bureaucracy according to Godsell?
Q. 16. Are bureaucrats principled according to Godsell?
It costs $25,000 to survey land development for feasibility purposes. If it is feasible, the project will cost $150,000 and the expected cash flows are: Year1: $60,000 Year2: $0 Year3: $100,000 Year4: $0 Year5: $60,000 There is also a $10,000 salvage value in year 5. The discount rate is 18%. Calculate the IRR. . .
You are the IT manager of a small-medium sized business (150employees) and report directly to the CFO. The CFO is looking for25% IT cost savings and has not heard of APM. A or B. A. If you believe APM can help either in whole or in part – In a 5 line or fewer email, explain, propose and make the case to the CFO for the value of APM to your organization including possible costs, benefits, timeline and what else you suggest to get to 30%. Invent details as needed. B. If not – In a 5 line or fewer email, propose an alternative solution and justify to the CFO including possible costs, benefits, timeline. Invent details as needed.
Suppose that the spot interest rates with continuous compounding are: Maturity (years) Rate % 1 1.3 2 2.2 3 2.3 Calculate forward interest rates for second and third years, and for a 2-year period between years 1 and 3. . ..
Give detailed answers to the following questions: Describe the market research—type and purpose—that you conducted, or will conduct, prior to your business start-up. Why is such research necessary and why is it necessary to continue, through the business operation, to conduct appropriate research? Explain how and why business plans need to be regularly reviewed. How do you, or how do you think you will, conduct reviews in your organization? Describe the processes and steps involved. How can such reviews be utilized to take advantage of new business opportunities? Through what procedures is it possible to identify new markets? In what ways might plans and goals need to be adjusted as a result of market research? (1,000–2,000 words) Attached
Write: timeline of the case, summary and why is the case important
Pages- 1- 2 double space
Cases: http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/samsung-electronics-co-v-apple/
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-177
1. Suppose you bought 300 shares of stock at an initial price of $39 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $0.32 per share during the following year, and the share price at the end of the year was $45. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. (Omit the “$” sign in your response.)
2. Suppose you bought 200 shares of stock at an initial price of $38 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $0.30 per share during the following year, and the share price at the end of the year was $41. a. What is the capital gains yield? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)
Capital gains yield? %
b. What is the dividend yield? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)
Dividend yield? %
c. What is the total rate of return on the investment? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the” % “sign in your response.)
Total rate of return? %
3. The rate of return on Cherry Jalopies, Inc., stock over the last five years was 17 percent, 11 percent, -1 percent, 7 percent, and 10 percent. Over the same period, the return on Straw Construction Company’s stock was 16 percent, 22 percent, -1 percent, 5 percent, and 12 percent. Calculate the variances and the standard deviations for Cherry and Straw. (Round your variance to 5 decimal places and standard deviation to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) Cherry Straw
Variance? ?
Standard deviation? % ? %
4. A particular stock has a dividend yield of 1.9 percent. Last year, the stock price fell from $76 to $70. What was the return for the year? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)
5. A stock has had returns of 25 percent, 12 percent, 6 percent, -17 percent, -6 percent, and 22 percent over the last six years. What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) Arithmetic return? %
Geometric return? %
6. Your grandfather invested $1,000 in a stock 41 years ago. Currently the value of his account is $221,000. What is his geometric return over this period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) Geometric return? %
7. You have found an asset with a 12.10 percent arithmetic average return and a 9.60 percent geometric return. Your observation period is 30 years. What is your best estimate of the return of the asset over the next 5 years? 10 years? 20 years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) 5 years? %
10 years? %
20 years? %
Most corporate bonds in the U.S. have which of the following features?
I. Registered form
II. Bearer form
III. Quarterly coupon payments
IV. Semiannual coupon payments Group of answer choices I and III only I and IV only II and III only II and IV only
A trader opens a brokerage account and short sells 300 shares of a risky stock at $55 per share She deposits $8000 cash into her account If the maintained margin is 30%, what is the minimum change (accurate to 2 decimal places) in the stock price that will trigger a margin call?
Work Benefits: Life Insurance, Income Replacement &
Disability
I- A major concern for most employees is caring for their
families in the event of the employee’s death Many employers provide life
insurance for employees
1- Does your organization offer a group insurance policy?
2- If so, what is the basic plan design of your
organization’s life insurance policy, and for how much are you covered?
All coworkers have different wants and different needs when
it comes to life insurance plans This is an area that no one want to talk
about but at some point, those left behind will need this benefit
3- What would coworkers want to consider as a part of the
plan design?
II-In addition to replacing household income when an
employee either retires or is no longer working, he or she may also carry some
type of income-replacement plan in the event they become disabled
1- Does your current (or former) employer offer disability
coverage for employees? (use the website reference about Adult Medical Day
Cares in New Jersey)
2- What are the specifics of your coverage?
3- Do you feel the need to purchase supplemental disability
insurance? Why or why not?
There will be situations that impact us all as individuals
physically throughout our lives This will have an adverse impact on our job
performance That said:
4- why are disability programs so important for coworkers
and what types of plans should be considered?