Which employer pension plan has an individual account for each employee?

_____, which are websites that provide virtual communities in which people with shared interests can communicate, are common sou

masha68 [24]

Answer:

B) Social networking sites

Explanation:

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2 years ago

31. A portfolio manager in charge of a portfolio worth $10 million is concerned that stock prices might decline rapidly during t

Angelina_Jolie [31]

Answer:

200

Explanation:

Base on the scenario been described in the question, the position required if the portfolio has a beta 1 is been calculated as follows .

number of contracts required is

Number of contract =10,000,000/(500×100)

Number of contract =10,000,000/50,000

Number of contract =200.

A long put position is needed because the contracts must provide a positive payoff when the market reduces.

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3 years ago

Universal Laser, Inc., just paid a dividend of $3.10 on its stock. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 6 p

Vadim26 [7]

Answer:

Ans. The current price of the stock is $56.82

Explanation:

Hi, well, the problem here is that we have different discount rates, in other words the required rate of return for the stock changes several times, therefore we are going to break this problem in 3 parts, or bring to present value all the cash flows in 3 steps. Let´s start with the value of the dividends.

We have to use the following formula.

$Dn=D_{(n-1)} *(1+g)$

Where, D(n-1) is last dividend and Dn is the dividend that we are looking for, for example, D1 = 3.10*(1+0.06)=3.29, D2=3.29*(1+0.06)=3.48, and so forth. The amount to pay on dividends per share is,

D1=3.29; D2=3.48; D3=3.69; D4=3.91; D5=4.15; D6=4.40; D(7)=4.66

Since the first 3 years are to be discounted at a 15%, this is how the formula should look like.

$PV(1)=\frac{D1}{(1+r(1))^{1} } +\frac{D2}{(1+r(1))^{2} } +\frac{D3}{(1+r(1))^{3} }$

$PV(1)=\frac{3.29}{(1+0.15)^{1} } +\frac{3.48}{(1+0.15)^{2} } +\frac{3.69}{(1+0.15)^{3} }=7.92$

Now, for the second part, we have to bring all cash flows to year 3 at r(2)=13% and then bring it to present value at r(1)=15%. This is because we have 2 different discount rates, this is as follows.

$PV(2)=(\frac{D4}{(1+r(2))^{1} } +\frac{D5}{(1+r(2))^{2} } +\frac{D6}{(1+r(2))^{3} })*\frac{1}{((1+r(1)^{3} }$

$PV(2)=(\frac{3.91}{(1+0.13)^{1} } +\frac{4.15}{(1+0.13)^{2} } +\frac{4.40}{(1+0.13)^{3} })*\frac{1}{(1+0.15)^{3} } =6.42$

Finally, we need to bring all the future cash flows from year 7 and beyond, notice that we need to use the return rate r(3) to bring everything to year 6, then we have to bring it to year 3 and then to present value, everything as follows.

$PV(3)=(\frac{D7}{(r(3)-g)} )*(\frac{1}{(1+r(2))^{3} } )*(\frac{1}{(1+r(1))^{3} } )$

$PV(3)=(\frac{4.66}{(0.11-0.06)} )*(\frac{1}{(1+0.13)^{3} } )*(\frac{1}{(1+0.15)^{3} } )=42.48$

So, the price of the stock is PV(1) + PV(2) + PV(3), or:

$Price=7.92+6.42+42.48=56.82$

Price= $56.82/share

Best of luck.

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3 years ago

Imagine you own a small gift shop in a popular but remote tourist location. You want to develop an effective marketing strategy

Arlecino [84]

Answer:

Situational actions on SWOT of a business

Explanation:

Strengths

You have especially good relationships with many suppliers due to your years in business and your success.

You have developed a software system that makes online orders extremely easy.

Weaknesses

You are dependent upon a few artists to keep you in stock.

Opportunities

Your business is in a location that is easy to get into and out of.

The highway that they have been talking about for years is finally being built.

Two new hotels are scheduled for opening next year.

Threats

It is difficult to hire workers with retail experience in the area.

The price of gas goes up.

Wal-Mart moves into a town a few miles away.

The Post Office decides to cut deliveries on Saturday.

Another gift shop may open next door.

Three marketing actions to ensure the success of the shop and why it will work include:

1. Expand your advertisement outreach for experienced retail workers beyond your location, with motivational packages and incentives. Alternatively, get workers around your location and train them to acquire the required retail experience for the job

2. With increase in the price of gas which affects your profit margin, and taking into cognizance your strength in cusstomer relationship, endeavour to increase your product and service outreach and turnover to mitigate for the addition expenses.

3. With the arrival of Wal-Mart as competitor, you will need to maintain consistency in products and services, as well as offer promotional packages

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3 years ago

Schultz Industries is considering the purchase of Arras Manufacturing. Arras is currently a supplier for Schultz, and the acquis

Aleksandr [31]

Answer:

$50.67 per share

Explanation:

using the discounted cash flow model, we can determine Arras's total value:

CF₀ = $7.6

CF₁ = $7.98

CF₂ = $8.379

CF₃ = $8.79795

CF₄ = $9.2378475

CF₅ = $9.699739875

CF₆ = $9.893734673

we must first find the terminal value at year 5 = $9.893734673 / (7% - 2%) = $197.874694

now we can discount the future cash flows:

firm's value = $7.98/1.07 + $8.379/1.07² + $8.79795/1.07³ + $9.2378475/1.07⁴ + $9.699739875/1.07⁵ + $197.874694/1.07⁵ = $7.458 + $7.319 + $7.182 + $7.048 + $6.916 + $141.081 = $177.004 million

the shareholders' share of the firm's value = $177.004 million - $25 million = $152.004 million

price per share = $152.004 million / 3 million shares = $50.668 ≈ $50.67 per share

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3 years ago