You own stock in a firm that has a pure discount loan due in six months. The loan has a face value of $50,000. The assets of the firm are currently worth $62,000. The stockholders in this firm basically own a _____ option on the assets of the firm with a strike price of ______ .

Suppose that Kaka Plc currently is selling at $50 per share. You buy 900 shares using $22,050 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 7%. Required If the maintenance margin is 20%, how low can Kaka Plc’s price fall before you get a margin call? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Newman Manufacturing is considering a cash purchase of the stock of Grips Tool. During the year just​ completed, Grips earned ​$3.72 per share and paid cash dividends of ​$2.02 per share ​(D0=$2.02​).  Grips' earnings and dividends are expected to grow at 40​% per year for the next 3​ years, after which they are expected to grow 9​% per year to infinity. What is the maximum price per share that Newman should pay for Grips if it has a required return of 10​% on investments with risk characteristics similar to those of​ Grips?

An all-equity firm has expected earnings of $14,200 and a market value of $82,271. The firm is planning to issue $15,000 of debt at 6.3 percent interest and use the proceeds to repurchase shares at their current market value. Ignore taxes. What will be the cost of equity after the repurchase?

1) Andy is bearish on USL and decides to sell short 20, 000 shares at the current market price of $120 per shar e. The initial margin is 50%. The margin account pays n o interest. Three days later, the price of USL has risen t o $130. a. What is the remaining margin in the account? b. If the maintenance margin is 30%, will Andy receive a margin call? c. Calculate the rate of return on the short position.

You've just opened a margin account with $33,880 at your local brokerage firm. You instruct your broker to purchase 800 shares of Landon Golf stock, which currently sells for $77 per share. Suppose the call money rate is 6.5 percent and your broker charges you a spread of 1.25 percent over this rate. You hold the stock for four months and sell at a price of $84 per share. The company paid a dividend of $.32 per share the day before you sold your stock. a. What is your total dollar return from this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Dollar return b. What is your effective annual rate of return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Effective annual return %