Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
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ISBN: 9781260013924
Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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1/. The company ABC is considering two mutually exclusive investment programs which
have a lifetime of two years. The cash flows of the two programs (in thousands of euros), as
well as the corresponding probabilities of their realization are presented in the following
tables:
Year 0 Year 1 Cost Probability
Cash Flow
-400
Year 0
40%
-700
60%
Cost Probability Cash Flow
35%
Year 1
65%
TOPIC 1st
INVESTMENT A
440
380
INVESTMENT B
480
Year 2
Potential Cash Flow
60%
40%
70%
30%
340
Chance
Year 2
40%
60%
55%
45%
460
420
410
360
Cash Flow
490
480
380
330
AV. Consider, based on the criterion of Expected Net Present Value,
which of the two investments would you choose, given that the weighted average cost of capital in
the case of Investment A is estimated at 10%, Investment B at 8%, while the risk-free rate is 3%.
B/. Let's say at the end of the first year a prospective buyer comes along and makes an offer to buy
the investment you chose to implement in question a/. According to his offer, he intends to buy it
instead of the amount of 400,000 euros. Given his offer, justify whether or not it is profitable to sell
the investment at the end of the first year.
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Transcribed Image Text:1/. The company ABC is considering two mutually exclusive investment programs which have a lifetime of two years. The cash flows of the two programs (in thousands of euros), as well as the corresponding probabilities of their realization are presented in the following tables: Year 0 Year 1 Cost Probability Cash Flow -400 Year 0 40% -700 60% Cost Probability Cash Flow 35% Year 1 65% TOPIC 1st INVESTMENT A 440 380 INVESTMENT B 480 Year 2 Potential Cash Flow 60% 40% 70% 30% 340 Chance Year 2 40% 60% 55% 45% 460 420 410 360 Cash Flow 490 480 380 330 AV. Consider, based on the criterion of Expected Net Present Value, which of the two investments would you choose, given that the weighted average cost of capital in the case of Investment A is estimated at 10%, Investment B at 8%, while the risk-free rate is 3%. B/. Let's say at the end of the first year a prospective buyer comes along and makes an offer to buy the investment you chose to implement in question a/. According to his offer, he intends to buy it instead of the amount of 400,000 euros. Given his offer, justify whether or not it is profitable to sell the investment at the end of the first year.
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