magine a world with perfect certainty, no costs of financial distress and where the corporate tax rate is 20%. Epsilon LTD has annual earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €1,000. Interest rates on its debt are 5% and will be so forever. How much debt and equity (in €) should it have if it wanted to achieve its optimal capital structure?

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Carambola de Honduras. Slinger Wayne, a U.S.-based private equity firm, is trying to determine what it should pay for a tool manufacturing firm in Honduras named Carambola. Slinger Wayne estimates that Carambola will generate a free cash flow of 12 million Honduran lempiras (Lp) next year, and that this free cash flow will continue to grow at a constant rate of 7.0% per annum indefinitely. A private equity firm like Slinger Wayne, however, is not interested in owning a company for long, and plans to sell Carambola at the end of three years for approximately 10 times Carambola's free cash flow in that year. The current spot exchange rate is Lp15.8194/$, but the Honduran inflation rate is expected to remain at a relatively high rate of 15.0% per annum compared to the U.S. dollar inflation rate of only 2.5% per annum. Slinger Wayne expects to earn at least a 21% annual rate of return on international investments like Carambola. a. What is Carambola worth if the Honduran lempira were to…

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Suppose MMC Industries has calculated its external funds needed (EFN) to be $23,000,000, but now management is considering raising the previously assumed dividend payout ratio from 35% to 40%.  If the payout ratio is increased, what will happen to EFN?

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You are going to allocate capital into safe and risky assets. The risky asset will earn 200% return if the economy is good (with a 55% chance). If, otherwise, it will lose 60% of the investment principal. States of Rate of Prob. nature Return According to the Kelly's criterion, how much do you have to allocate for the risky asset to maximize final wealth? (The safe asset earns zero return.) → (1) 35%; (2) 47%; (3) 59%; (4) 65%; 1 Good 55% 200% your |(5) 69%; (6) 75%; (7) 85%; (8) 97%; (9) 102%; (10) 114%; (11) 115%; Bad 45% -60%

Carambola de Honduras. Slinger Wayne, a U.S.-based private equity firm, is trying to determine what it should pay for a tool manufacturing firm in Honduras named Carambola. Slinger Wayne estimates that Carambola will generate a free cash flow of 10 million Honduran lempiras (Lp) next year, and that this free cash flow will continue to grow at a constant rate of 8.5% per annum indefinitely. A private equity firm like Slinger Wayne, however, is not interested in owning a company for long, and plans to sell Carambola at the end of three years for approximately 10 times Carambola's free cash flow in that year. The current spot exchange rate is Lp14.3439/$, but the Honduran inflation rate is expected to remain at a relatively high rate of 15.0% per annum compared to the U.S. dollar inflation rate of only 3.0% per annum. Slinger Wayne expects to earn at least a 22.5% annual rate of return on international investments like Carambola. a. What is Carambola worth if the Honduran lempira were to…