Overview of Ford Motor Company and Tesla Car CompanyThis assignment requires you to research and do financial analysis of two companies. Your research will also help you gain a better understanding of what the companies do and what advantages they have in the marketplace for doing what they do. The assignment also requires you to submit your research conclusions and recommendations 9-16 page well written professional paper, together with refer...
Background Information on Hotel DelRay, BrusselsHotel DelRay is located at the heart of the city of Brussels, in Belgium. Brussels is a major hub for international politics, a home for several international organizations and diplomats, and a fortress for European Union Institutions. The importance of the city not only elevates the financial and economic infrastructure, also increases the volume of government and business travelers from all ove...
Question 1A house is for sale for $250,000. You have a choice of two 20-year mortgage loans with monthly payments: (1) if you make a down payment of $25,000, you can obtain a loan with a 6% rate of interest or (2) if you make a down payment of $50,000, you can obtain a loan with a 5% rate of interest. What is the effective annual rate of interest on the additional $25,000 borrowed on the first loan? Group of answer choices 1.00% 6.00% 12...
Understanding Net Cash Flow and Net Income1. A company’s net cash flow will equal its net income … A) Almost always B) Rarely C) Occasionally D) Only when the company has no investing cash flow for the period E) Only when the company has no investing or financing cash flow for the period 2. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s December 31, 2016 financial statements reported the following (in mill...
Sask Power1. Should multinational firms hedge foreign exchange rate risk? If not, what are the consequences? If so, how should they decide which exposures to hedge? 2. What do you think of GM’s foreign exchange hedging strategies? What changes if any would you advise? 3. Should GM deviate from its policy in hedging its CAD exposure? Why or why not? 4. If GM does deviate from its formal policy for CAD exposure...
Q1: A level-coupon bond and British government consolsQ1 (This question is not cumulative)a) A level-coupon bond carries a coupon rate of 6 percent, payable semi- annually, has 10 years until maturity, and the yield to maturity is 8 per- cent.(i) What interest payments do bondholders receive each year? (ii) At what price does the bond sell?(iii) What will happen to the bond price if the yield to maturity falls to 5 percent?b) TheBrit...
Stock Valuation Question1. You own 300 shares of Abco stock. The firms plans on issuing a dividend of $2.10 a share one year from today and then issuing a final liquidating dividend of $36.45 a share two years from today. Your required rate of return is 14.5 percent. Ignoring taxes, what is the value of one share of this stock to you today? Select one or more: a.$33.93 b.$31.05 c. $27.80 d. $26.62 e. $29.64 2. There is a 25 percent prob...
Questions: 1) Determine the required monthly payments for the mortgage. 2) Determine the “opportunity” costs, on a monthly basis, of using the required funds for closing (i.e., down payment plus all closing costs), rather than leaving those funds invested and earning the monthly effective rate determined in part (a). 3) Determine the monthly additional payments required to buy vs. rent (include the monthly opportunity costs in part...
Case 1: Optimal Cash Deployment Strategy for CiscoCase # 1 In your role as a consultant at a wealth management firm, you have been assigned a very powerful client who holds 1 million shares of Cisco Systems, Inc., purchased on February 28, 2003. In researching Cisco, you discovered that they are holding a large amount of cash. Additionally, your client is upset that the Cisco stock price has been somewhat stagnant as of late. The client is consi...
Protecting Against the Risk of Living Too LongFINA 30016: LLQP: Assignment 2 1. Explain, in a sentence or two, how life annuities can protect a person against the risk “of living too long.” 2. Briefly explain what the word “term” in term certainty annuity refers to 3. Briefly explain why term annuities do not require a guarantee clause but life annuities do. 4. Briefly explain the difference between an installment ref...
Equilibrium Contracts in Different SituationsPart 1. Please answer all 10 questions for a maximum of 61 points 1) Use the Rothschild/Stiglitz insurance model to determine the equilibrium contract in the following situations. Individuals have initial wealth W. If an individual falls ill, he always purchases one treatment. The price of the treatment is P. There are two risk types. For high risk individuals, the probability of falling ill is ...
Overview of Widget Company's financial analysis for June 30, 2018Task: The purpose of my memo is to show the financial summary of both the flexible and static variance of my analysis of the Widget Company as of June 30, 2018. Which discloses unfavorable trends of low revenue as well as higher operating expenses. And the actual performance is higher revenue, and lower costs are not providing a favorable profit. In June, the projected units of t...
Task1. This problem requires you to estimate the WACC of a real company using publicly available data as of the fall of 2019. The company is Home Depot (Ticker: HD). You need to collect information as directed below. Here are the sources for the various data: Look up market data on any recent day (unless otherwise specified) and use those in your calculations. Assume that the market value of debt is equal to its book value and that the tax ...
InventoryThe submission must consist of: 1. MS Word file with answers to the Accountant’s questions. 2. Excel file with adjusting entries entered resulting in adjusted trial balance and common size statement of Income for HEMI and Wajax Corporation. 3. MS Word file with a one-page report comparing HEMI to its competitor (Wajax Corporation). Case Study Information You have been hired as a Financial Consultant by Heavy Equipment and Machiner...
Question 1Which one of the following is more likely to be TRUE about Prepayment penalties: a) They are often used with residential mortgages b) They lower the effective cost if the loan is repaid before maturity c) They are exactly the same as charging additional discount points for the loan d) They are not included in the APR calculation A borrower takes out a 30-year, ful...