An analyst wishes to estimate the amount of additional reward she will receive for investing in a risky asset rather than a risk-free asset. The minimum values she will need to know are: I. both assets’ standard deviations II. the risky asset’s beta III. the risk-free rate of return IV. the market risk premium

Shreya was recently hired to assign a probability of failure to pay a credit sale to each of her employer’s customers. Her job duties are best described as:

Your online store must charge its inventory purchases and cannot pay within the offered discount period. Which one the following credit terms is best for you?

Carina’s Boutique has an inventory turnover rate of 7.6, a payables turnover rate of 11.4, and a receivables turnover rate of 12.6. How long is the operating cycle?

Nidia Trophies has projected sales of $38,000, $47,500, $52,700, and $85,000 for Quarters 1 through 4 of next year, respectively. Inventory is purchased at 58 percent of the sales price and is purchased one quarter prior to the quarter of sale. The accounts payable period is 45 days. The accounts payable balance at the beginning of the year is $72,000. What is the amount of the expected disbursements for the third quarter?

Bretz Baskets would like to offer a special product to its best customers. However, the firm wants to limit its maximum potential loss on this product to the firm’s initial investment. The fixed costs are estimated at $3,600, the depreciation expense is $870, and the contribution margin per unit is $6.89. What is the minimum number of units the firm should pre-sell to ensure its potential loss does not exceed the desired level?

Delta Lighting has 24,500 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $19 per share. This stock was originally issued at $21 per share. The firm also has a bond issue outstanding with a total face value of $250,000 which is selling for 94 percent of par. The cost of equity is 12.6 percent while the aftertax cost of debt is 5.8 percent. The firm has a beta of 1.33 and a tax rate of 23 percent. What is the weighted average cost of capital?

Projects A and B are mutually exclusive. Project A has cash flows of −$10,000, $5,100, $3,400, and $4,500 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has cash flows of −$10,000, $4,500, $3,400, and $5,100 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. What is the crossover rate for these two projects?

New Town Bank offers you a line of credit of $50,000 with an interest rate of 2.1 percent per quarter. The loan agreement also requires that 2.5 percent of the unused portion of the credit line be deposited in a non-interest-bearing account as a compensating balance. Short-term investments are currently paying .68 percent per quarter. What is the effective annual interest rate on the line of credit if you borrow the entire amount for one year? Assume any funds borrowed or invested use compound interest.

Panelli’s is analyzing a project with an initial cost of $139,000 and cash inflows of $74,000 in Year 1 and $86,000 in Year 2. This project is an extension of current operations and thus is equally as risky as the current company. The company uses only debt and common stock to finance its operations and maintains a debt-equity ratio of .39. The aftertax cost of debt is 5.1 percent, the cost of equity is 13.2 percent, and the tax rate is 21 percent. What is the projected net present value of this project?