A number of investment projects are under consideration at your company. You've calculated the cost of capital based on market values and rates, and analyzed the projects using IRR and NPV. Several projects are marginally acceptable. While watching the news last night you learned that most economists predict a rise in interest rates over the next year. Should you modify your analysis in light of this information? Why?

Jerry Allen graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Finance in 2011 and took a job with an investment banking firm as a financial analyst. One of his first assignment is to investigate the investor-expected rate of return for technology firms: Apple (APPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Jerry’s supervisor suggested that he make his estimates using CAPM where the risk-free rate is 4.5%. the expected return on the market is 10.5% 1.      Calculate the risk premium of the market show all the working formula where applicable/    2.      Calculate the expected return using CAPM equation using a beta coefficient of 2.00    3.      Solve the expected return for Apple using the beta from Yahoo and the beta from MSN and a risk-free rate of 4.5% and a market risk premium of 6% yield    4.      Calculate the expected return with the CAPM equation using each of the following beta estimates for the three technology firms. Present the information in a tabulated format

You are a portfolio manager for a large investment firm that is considering an investment in a startup technology company. The company has developed a new software application that is expected to revolutionize the industry. However, the company is not yet profitable and has a high degree of risk. Which of the following measures of risk would be most appropriate to evaluate this investment?    Sharpe ratio    Standard deviation    Expected return    Beta

You are a market analyst for JP Morgan. Typically, your job is to analyze current trends in various economic markets and inform the bond traders what their future course of action should be. When conducting some research, you discover that in the real estate sector planned aggregate expenditure has consistently been in excess of aggregate output for the last year. In addition, you discover this has also been the case in the oil refining industry. please select an industry to most heavily promote to the bond traders and justify your decision. Support your position with two points. These positions can be either theoretical and/or empirical in nature. An exceptionally good answer would incorporate the recent events that have occurred in the global oil market.

If the yield curve is upward sloping: Hint: When there is an increase in the demand for an asset, the price of the asset goes up. You expect returns from investing in such ("higher-priced") asset to be lower in the future. Conversely, when there is a decrease in the demand for an asset, the price of the asset goes down. You expect returns from investing in such ("lower-priced") asset to be higher in the future. O investors expect the short-term interest rates to fall in the future. investors often shift their investment holdings away from long-term securities. investors often short sell short-term securities. investors often shift their investment holdings away from short-term securities.

Calculate Johnson & Johnson's capital asset price model. It is recommended to use treasury security as the risk-free rate - pick which one (It would probably be best to use the 5- or 10-year Treasury note). Beta can be either calculated or you can use one from the internet. Yahoo Finance lists the most current beta under “key statistics.” As for the risk for the market, search the most recent. Usually, it is around 5% to 6%.

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Please select the option that best analyzes the RETURN ON EQUITY for our example company. Return on equity tells us how well we have used our owners' investments to provide a return on their investment. Our investors require a return of 5%, so they would accept the return on equity for the year, since it is LESS than their return they accept to earn.   Return on equity tells us how well we have used our owners' investments to provide a return on their investment. Our investors require a return of 5%, and they are content as the example company provided a return EQUAL to their expected return.   Return on equity tells us how well we have used our owners' investments to provide a return on their investment. Our investors require a return of 5%, so they would accept the return on equity for the year.   Return on equity tells us how well we have used our owners' investments to provide a return on their investment. Our investors require a return of 5%, so they would NOT ACCEPT the…

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You are considering a geographic expansion into the European market for Canopy Pharmaceuticals. Below are the incremental cash flows for the Canopy project for you to use in your analysis. Assume Canopy's marginal tax rate is 35%, their cost of capital is 15.7 %, and an expected growth rate of 5% after 2003. Calculate the NPV, IRR, Payback Period. Explain how do you determining the initial cost and the terminal value? (Using Gordon Model to find the terminal)