Suppose A&K Sound System is considering building a record studio in Cayman Islands. (i) Assume that A&K Sound System needs to borrow money on the bond market. Why would an increase in interest rates affect the decision of whether to build the studio? (ii) If A&K Sound System has enough of its funds to finance the new studio without borrowing, would an increase in interest still affect the decision about whether to build the studio? Explain your answer.

Question 4 The equivalent rate of interest for a discount rate of 10.5% for 60 days is 104.9825%. Hint: An interest rate r and discount rate d are said to be equivalent if these two simple rates give the same present value for an amount due in the future. Thus, r = d/(1 - dt) and d = r/(1 + rt)

If a firm earns $500 million in profits for the year and they retain $175 million, how much do they pay in dividends?

11) Devin purchased a $3500 bond paying 4.5% annual simple interest after graduating from college. It is now 35 years later and he decides to cash in the bond. What is the value of this bond now? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. A) $16,336 B) $3537 C) $9013 D) $5513 E) $8632

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Mr. Smith has some money to invest. He selected three stocks and two bond funds as possible investments, shown in the following table. Investment Stock A Stock B Stock C Bond-long term Bond-short term Risk Annual Return High Medium Low 15% 12% 9% 11% 8% One of Mr. Smith's investment requirements is "the total amount invested cannot exceed $500,000". Which option represents this constraint? Note: (X₁, X₂, X₁, X₁, and X, are investment in stock A, stock B, stock C, long term bond and short term bond, respectively

Explain why a firm with $1 billion in the bank would care about the market interest rate when investing $10 million into a new building, after all they do not need to borrow money. When would the choose to undertake this investment project?

Firm 1 has £10,000 to invest. Firm 2 offers Firm 1 the following proposal: invest £10,000now and get £11,000 back in 12 months. The returns on this investment are guaranteed, and there are no other costs involved? What should Firm 1 do? b. Firm 1 is considering investing their profit into any of the following two projects. Investment appraisal techniques have been used, and the following results found:   Project A Project B Internal Rate of Return 6% 8% Net present value 88000 61000  which project should Firm 1 select?

Matollows and 250 shillings in the following year. After that, dividends are expected to grow at constant 5% per year. If the required rate of return is 10%, what price should investors pay for such shares today? 4. Suppose a firm is considering a project that would require an initial cash outlay of 15 million shillings and expected to generate shs 4.5 million each year for the next 4 years. The firm assumes that the prices and costs increases at the same rate and that the required rate of return expressed in nominal terms is 14%. The firm also practices a policy whereby cash flows are stated at the prices of period zero. The inflation rate is expected to be 5%. (a)Outline two ways in which the effects that inflation has on the acceptability of investment projects could be considered. (b)Using the NPV technique, is the project worth taking? What have you learned from your analysis as far as treating inflation in investment analysis is concerned? 30/2021 4:39:41 PM Page 1 of 2

31) Suppose in 2017 you buy two year $1,000 face-value 5% coupon bond for $1,000. In 2018, interest rates decrease to 2%. If you decide to sell your bond in 2018, what will be the selling price of your bond and one-year rate of return for you? A) $1,020; 7% B) $1,000; 2% C) $971; -2.1% D) $1,029.4; 7.9%