Answer:
a. Suppose GP issues $ 100$100 million of new stock to buy back the debt. What is the expected return of the stock after this transaction?
b. Suppose instead GP issues $ 50.00$50.00 million of new debt to repurchase stock. i. If the risk of the debt does not change, what is the expected return of the stock after this transaction?
ii. If the risk of the debt increases, would the expected return of the stock be higher or lower than when debt is issued to repurchase stock in part (i)?
- If the risk of the debt increases, then the cost of the debt will increase. Therefore, the company will need to spend more money paying the interests related to the new debt which would decrease the ROE compared to the 18% of (i). Since we do not know the new cost of the debt, we cannot know exactly by how much it will affect the ROE, but I assume it will still be higher than the previous ROE.
Explanation:
common stock $200 million
total debt $100 million
required rate of return 15%
cost of debt 6%
current profits = ($200 million x 15%) + ($100 x 6%) = $30 million + $6 million = $36 million
if equity increases to $300 million, ROI = 36/300 = 12
if instead new debt is issued at 6%:
equity 150 million, debt 150 million
cost of debt = 150 million x 6% = $9 million
remaining profits = $36 - $9 = $27 million
ROI = 27/150 = 18%
Answer:
Letter A
Explanation:
The main objective of the WTO is to promote the liberalization of world trade, reducing or extinguishing trade and customs barriers to facilitate economic exchanges at the international level. The agreements involve trade in goods, services, and intellectual property.
It is also important to know that currently, the World Trade Organization has 156 member countries.
Answer:
The WACC before bond issuance is 3.9% and the WACC after bond issuance is 3.71%
Explanation:
In order to calculate the WACC before bond issuance
, we would have to calculate first the cost of equity using capital asset pricing model
.
So Using CAPM we have Rf + Beta x Market risk premium
=
0.5% + 0.85 * 4%
= 3.9%
. cost of equity
Therefore WACC before bond issuance = (Cost of equity x weight of equity + cost of debt (1-tax) x weight of debt)
= 3.9%
. WACC before bond issuance will be equal to cost of equity in this case as there is no debt issue.
In order to calculate the WACC after bond issuance we make the following calculation:
WACC after bond issuance = (Cost of equity x weight of equity + cost of debt (1-tax) x weight of debt)
= (3.9% x 0.9) + (2% x 0.1)
= 3.51% + 0.2%
= 3.71%
Answer:
using the predetermined overhead rate
Explanation:
The indirect cost is also known as the overhead cost. The overhead cost are those cost which is related to the factory expenses like - depreciation, property taxes, utility expense, rent expense, repairs expense, indirect labor, and indirect material cost, etc
As we know
Predetermined overhead rate = (Total estimated manufacturing overhead) ÷ (estimated direct labor-hours) or (estimated machine labor-hours)
As the case maybe
By using the predetermined we can easily allocate the indirect cost to the specific cost
Answer:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
Explanation:
The Holden act or the California Housing Financial Discrimination Act of 1977, <u>states that financial institutions cannot discriminate against people applying for loans or financial assistance,</u> for reasons such as; race, color, ethnicity and religion.
The Holden act is enforced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
