Fin 3302 problems due 3/08/2019

  

Assignment Problems

1. Han Corporation issues a bond which has a coupon rate of 9.40%, a yield to maturity of 7.75%, a face value of $1,000, and a market price of $990. What is the semiannual interest payment? Round to two decimal places. 

2. A shipping company sold an issue of 14-year $1,000 par bonds to build new ships. The bonds pay 10% interest, compounded semiannually. Today’s required rate of return is 8.50%. How much should these bonds sell for today? Round to two decimal places. 

3. Assume a company has an issue of 30-year $1,000 par value bonds that pay 4.75% interest, compounded annually. Further assume that today’s required rate of return on these bonds is 3.25%. How much would these bonds sell for today? Round to two decimal places. 

4. Atlantis Company issued bonds on January 1, 2006. The bonds had a coupon rate of 6.0%, with interest paid semiannually. The face value of the bonds is $1,000 and the bonds mature on January 1, 2024. What is the yield to maturity for these bonds on January 1, 2019 if the market price of the bond on that date is $1,150? Submit your answer as a percentage and round to two decimal places. 

5. A $1,000 par value 8-year bond with a 13 percent coupon rate recently sold for $980. What is the yield to maturity if the bond makes semiannual payments? Submit your answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places. 

6. Consider a 7 year bond with face value $1,000 that pays an 8.4% coupon semi-annually and has a yield-to-maturity of 6.9%. What is the approximate percentage change in the price of bond if interest rates in the economy are expected to increase by 0.40% per year? Submit your answer as a percentage and round to two decimal places. (Hint: What is the expected price of the bond before and after the change in interest rates?) 

7. Nippon, Inc. expects its current annual $3.30 per share common stock dividend to remain the same for the foreseeable future. What is the intrinsic value of the stock to an investor with a required return of 9.2%? Round to two decimal places. 

8. Hackworth Company’s common stock is expected to pay a $6.10 dividend in the coming year. If investors require an 11% return and the growth rate in dividends is expected to be 7%, what should the market price of the stock be? Round to two decimal places. 

9. Nell Corporation stock is currently selling for $15.50. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of 

$1.75 at the end of the year. Dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% indefinitely. Compute the expected rate of return on Nell Corporation stock. Submit your answer as a percentage and round to two decimal places. 

10. Finkle-McGraw Corp. just paid a dividend today of $2.60 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.6% per year. If Finkle-McGraw Corp. stock is selling for $72.00 per share, what is the stockholders’ expected rate of return? Submit your answer as a percentage and round to two decimal places.

Instructions:

You are required to use a financial calculator or spreadsheet (Excel) to solve 10 problems related to the risk and return, stocks and bonds valuation. You are required to show the following 3 steps for each problem (sample questions and solutions are provided for guidance): 

(i) Describe and interpret the assumptions related to the problem. 

(ii) Apply the appropriate mathematical model to solve the problem. 

(iii) Calculate the correct solution to the problem. 

Sample Questions and Solutions 

Sample Question # 1: 

A company has an issue of 12-year bonds that pay 5% interest, annually. Further assume that today’s required rate of return on these bonds is 7%. How much would these bonds sell for today? Round off to the nearest $1. 

Solution 

(i) The problem assumes that the face value of the bond is $1000. The bond will pay an annual coupon of 5% i.e., coupon or interest amount of $50 is assumed to paid every year. It also assumes that investors currently required a return of 7% on investments with similar risk characteristics. The use of bond valuation concept is appropriate to calculate the true value of these bonds. The accuracy of the solution depends on the correctness of the assumptions on face value, coupon payments and required rate of return assumption. 

(ii) The use of bond valuation concept which suggests that the true value of a bond is the present value of its future coupon and face value discounted at investors required rate of return is appropriate to calculate the true value of these bonds. We are required to compute the present value (PV) which represents the true value of the bond. 

(iii) FV= $1000; PMT=$50; Rate = 7%; N=12 years; Compute PV = ? $841.15 Value of the Bond = $841.15 

Memo | Sociology homework help

 

Memos are meant to offer me evidence that you are mentally processing the readings for yourselves and linking the theories to empirical observations. There are four parts to each of your memos. Please label them as such. Overall Summary In a minimum of 300 words, share the overall points you gained from this week’s readings (this includes the articles). What stood out to you? What were the thesis statements, foundational assumptions or beliefs, or relationships between the Ritzer chapter and articles for the week? Please clearly reference the book and the articles. Use APA format when directly quoting or paraphrasing. Article Summary Please summarize the main points of EACH of the articles assigned and make reference to them. Current Application In paragraph form, briefly discuss how a concept or theory could be applied to a  current issue. Please visit Upworthy, Everyday Feminism, Ted Talks, Soc Images or some other credible news source for this section. Please copy/paste the URL your memo so I know which source you used.

Engaging Question After thinking about what you’ve learned this week, come up with an engaging question that could be asked of your classmates. (You’re encouraged to post that question on the discussion board in the Engaging Questions forum, but this is not required for you to earn points). 

Ethical decision making | Nursing homework help

It is important to understand the parts of examining an ethical dilemma before completely analyzing a case. You will be asked directed questions to help you see pertinent aspects of one case. Using a systematic method will allow you to address ethical dilemmas that you encounter in practice.

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Deliverable 1 – analyze discrete probability distributions

 

Competency

This competency will allow you to demonstrate your ability to analyze discrete probability distributions and expected value.

Instructions

You have recently applied for an analyst position at G&B Consulting and have been invited in for an interview. A part of the interview requirements for the job is presenting a thorough knowledge of probability and statistics. Some of your future potential coworkers are given the opportunity to interview you and wish to test your knowledge.

What to Submit

To complete this assignment, you must first download the word document.

Your step-by-step breakdown of the problems, including explanations, should be present within the word document provided.

The integration assignment | Psychology homework help

 BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE ASSIGNMENT: 

Throughout the semester you have been introduced to a wide range of topics, demonstrating the diverse nature of psychology. You have also been exposed to a variety of philosophical and theoretical perspectives used to examine and explain those topics. Different philosophical and theoretical perspectives make different assumptions about human behavior and mental processing. Consequently, they often seek to understand human behavior by focusing on different aspects of that behavior and/or different causal variables. The purpose of this final assignment is to help you better appreciate the scope of psychology by examining how different philosophical and theoretical perspectives seek to explain a given psychological topic. Doing so will help you understand how psychologists working from different philosophical and theoretical perspectives make different contributions to our understanding of particular psychological topics and how the integration and/or competition between these explanations helps the discipline (at large) advance its understanding of human behavior and mental processing.  

Legal memorandum | Law homework help

Need corrections and additions for a legal memo about the divorce case. I have written half but there are a lot of mistakes, the main problem must be fixed the legal questions which known as “Issues”. To write the legal memo first have the first issue then a brief answer after that analysis issue, the analysis should include counter analysis. I will upload the file for the original case and instruction for the memo and outline. also, file for my work and file for the cases and the statutes. Moreover, I will upload pictures for the things should be fixed. one picture shows how it should use the cases and the statutes and the secondary source in writing legal memo 

Discussion: faces of resistance and resistance to a consultant.

o The text provides 14 faces of resistance. Select three of these types of resistance, and create a brief scenario in which it might occur. From a consultant’s viewpoint, prioritize the scenarios from most difficult to least difficult to handle and state why you think that way. 

o Read about resistance to change in an article titled “The Tower of Babel and the Ralley Driver: Understanding and Negotiating through Resistance to Organizational Change” located  at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/jpc/vol1iss2/cohen/cohen.htm. 

From the article, there may come a time when it is best to end a project rather than continue to face resistance. Predict what symptoms or signs might be present if it is best to make this choice.

Macroeconomics: airbus in america | Economics homework help

International Trade: Airbus in America

“North America is the biggest market for single-aisle planes. Airbus has forecast that nearly 70 percent of new jet sales worldwide over the next 20 years — 19,200 aircraft worth $1.4 trillion by 2030” — NY Times, June 28, 2012

a) Airbus, a European plane maker, has announced plans to build its first assembly line in the United States in Mobile, Alabama. What factors (mention three factors) that support the decision of Airbus producing in America?

b) Boeing is Airbus’s main competitor and often is favored in Congress because it’s made in America.  How would this event affect Boeing?  

 c) What could the U.S. do to increase its comparative advantage in the production of goods and services that require high-paying jobs?

Use as many economic principles (from the textbook and other sources) as you can in answering the questions.

As a guideline, each of the 10 points will be derived from the following:

  1. Post your answer (400-500 words) to the posted DQ responding to the matter asked, instead of repeating the question or not attending to the question. Substantive answers include making comments using concepts found in the assigned reading materials or offering examples from your experience. Hence merely providing a brief “yes, I agree” or “no, I do not agree” postings are not adequate posts
  2. Write in correct grammar; any errors will translate to a deduction in points.
  3. Check for the spelling; any errors will deduct points.
  4. Your responses must be substantive that include your own thoughts, supported with research (at least two external sources other than textbook, and you must quote these sources).
  5. You get one point when you respond to one of your classmates’ posts, also with substantive comments (100-200 words).
  6. One more point when you respond to another classmate’s post (100-200 words).
  7. One point for collaboration.  It is intended that your involvement in discussions be of a collaborative nature. Collaboration spirit is quite different from confrontation.
  8. Deadline: due date for each DQ will be on Monday night 11.55pm, but you are free to make your comments prior to Monday night.  One point will be deducted for each day of late submission.
  9. Creativity: offer a creative solutions or ideas or impact on other fields, such as: environmental impact, in addition to the obvious socio-economic impacts of each topic.
  10. Offer a future recommendation or alternative options for the future with regard to the topic in question.

Leg 500 week 1 discussion justifying unethical conduct

  

“Justifying Unethical Conduct” Please respond to the following:

1. Unethical conduct is not necessarily illegal conduct; however, the difference between ethical and unethical conduct can be difficult to spot. Using the Internet, identify and post an example within the last three years of when a company engaged in legal, but arguably unethical, conduct and explain. Post information on the case, this can be an article or video. Next, determine two (2) reasons why this conduct could be deemed unethical and why you believe the company failed to make the right decision. Lastly, speculate on the ramifications of the company’s arguably unethical conduct on its customer base. Justify your response.

2. What is an Executive Order and is it binding? How do these Orders affect management decisions in business?

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– You must use APA formatting (6th Edition)

 

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Content

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Opening

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Excellent body of paper detailing two to three main points

Closing

Excellent closing

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Format is appropriate and enhances the understanding of the topic in a creative and dramatic manner throughout the paper