On the news, LinkedIn's market capitalization increased to nearly $26 billion, while Microsoft's market capitalization actually dropped $10.6 billion.  Explain the drop in Microsoft's market capitalization. What is going on?

9. The Brownian Motion is used to model the liquid assets (i.e. "cash") of our startup company Math Finance Inc. You are our company's CFO (Chief Financial Officer). The initial value of our assets is 5 (measured in tens of thousands of dollars). The drift and volatility for the first two years turns out to be 2 and 3 respectively. During the next two years, the drift and volatility was observed to be 3 and 4 respectively. What can you say about the probabilistic behavior of our assets at the end of year four? Give proper mathematic explanation. What is the probability that our assets will be worth at least $150,000?

If you owned a company, would you prefer the market value of its assets to rise $10million or the market value of its liabilities to fall $10million?

ClapTrap is a rapidly growing image messaging company. The company's growth strategy requires rapid reinvestment currently, with dividend payouts increasing as growth opportunities gradually disappear. You have the following financial information about ClapTrap: Earnings in the most recently concluded fiscal year were $$6.286.28. The company will retain all its earnings this year (from t=00 to t=11 ), reinvesting in new projects with a return on new investment of 44.044.0%. The next year (from t=11 to t=22 ), the company will retain 85.085.0% of its earnings. Return on new investment is expected to be 30.030.0%. In the following year (from t=22 to t=33 ), the company will retain 69.069.0% of its earnings with an expected return on new investment of 20.020.0%. The company will then enter a period of stable growth, retaining 49.049.0% of its earnings in perpetuity. a)  What are the expected dividends per share for each period from t=11 to t=33 ?  The expected dividends per share for…

Empirical research on payout patterns in recent years indicates that Group of answer choices since 2000, firms are paying higher dividends and executing fewer stock repurchases                           after the Tech crash in March 2000, investors began to demand more dividends and firms obliged fewer firms are paying dividends since the Tech crash in March 2000 since 2000, firms are paying lower dividends and executing more stock repurchases

Apple’s market capitalization in mid-2016 was $484 billion, and its beta was 1.03. At that same time, the company had $25 billion in cash and $69 billion in debt. Based on this data, estimate the beta of Apple’s underlying business enterprise.   please show written work!!

From mid-2008 to early 2009, the Dow Jones IndustrialAverage declined by more than 50%, while real interestrates were low or falling. What does this scenario suggest should have happened to investment?

[EXCEL] Zero growth: Nynet, Inc., paid a dividend of $4.18 last year. The company's management does not expect to increase its dividend in the foreseeable future. If the required rate of return is 18.5 percent, what is the current value of the stock? Please use Excel.

You observe that a firm's ROE has increased from the previous year, but both its profit margin and equity multiplier are below the previous year's levels. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?   Its return on assets must be lower than the previous year. Its total assets turnover must be lower than the previous year. Its TIE ratio must be higher than the previous year. Its total assets turnover must be higher than the previous year.