Tidewater Fishing has a current beta of 1.16. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent and the risk-free rate of return is 2.9 percent. By how much will the cost of equity increase if the company expands its operations such that the company beta rises to 1.18?

What is the standard deviation of the returns on a stock given the following information? State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Boom .08 .171 Normal .70 .076 Recession .22 .017

Harper Motors sells 39 cars per month at an average price of $24,920. The carrying cost per car is $158 and the fixed order cost is $694. How many orders should the company place per year?

Overland purchased $387,950 of fixed assets that are classified as three-year property for MACRS. The MACRS rates are .3333, .4445, .1481, and .0741 for Years 1 to 4, respectively. What is the amount of the depreciation expense in Year 3 assuming no bonus depreciation is taken?

In actual practice, managers most frequently use which two types of investment criteria?

Sawyer’s currently sells 70 units per month at a price of $412.50 per unit. The firm is considering switching to a 30 day credit policy with a credit sales price of $429.69 per unit and a cash price of $412.50. The monthly interest rate is 1.17 percent. What is the break-even default rate of the proposed switch?

Walker Systems has an issue of preferred stock outstanding with a stated annual dividend of $2.60 that just sold for $23.85 per share. What is the bank’s cost of preferred stock?

Satish Fiber works has an inventory period of 84.6 days, an accounts payable period of 43.2 days, and an accounts receivable period of 41.7 days. Management is considering an offer from their suppliers to pay within 10 days and receive a discount of 2 percent. If the new discount is taken, the accounts payable period is expected to decline by 30.4 days. What will be the new operating cycle given the change in the payables period?

Over the past five years, a stock produced returns of 11 percent, 14 percent, 4 percent, −9 percent, and 5 percent. What is the probability that an investor in this stock will not lose more than 10 percent in any one given year?

You bought one of Carvalho Corporation’s 6 percent coupon bonds one year ago for $867. These bonds pay annual payments, have a face value of $1,000, and mature 12 years from now. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds today when the required return on the bonds is 7.4 percent. The inflation rate over the past year was 2.9 percent. What was your total real return on this investment?