Explain the main objective of corporate finance.   b) Guest Berhad has pension liablity of RM 800 million that must be paid in 20 years. If the company discount rate is 8.2%, what is the current value of the liability?   c) What are the portfolio weights for a portfolio that has 180 shares of Stock A that sell for RM45 per share and 140 shares of Stock B that sell for RM27 per share? d) You have RM10,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. Your choices are stock X with an expected return of 14% and Stock Y with an expected return of 10.5%. If your   goal is to create portfolio with an expected return of 12.4%,

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Explain the main objective of corporate finance.

 

b) Guest Berhad has pension liablity of RM 800 million that must be paid in 20

years. If the company discount rate is 8.2%, what is the current value of the liability?

 

c) What are the portfolio weights for a portfolio that has 180 shares of Stock A that sell for RM45 per share and 140 shares of Stock B that sell for RM27 per share?

d) You have RM10,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. Your choices are stock X with an expected return of 14% and Stock Y with an expected return of 10.5%. If your

 

goal is to create portfolio with an expected return of 12.4%,

 

i. how much money will you invest in X?

 

ii. how much money will you invest in Y?

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