Problem 1 A stock sells for $10 per share. You purchase 100 shares for $10 a share (i.e.‚ for $1000)‚ and after a year the price rises to $17.50. What will be the percentage return on your investment if you bought the stock on margin and the margin requirement was (a) 25 percent‚ (b) 50 percent‚ and (c) 75 percent? (Ignore commissions‚ dividends‚ and interest expense.) Initial Stock price per share $10 # of Shares Purchased 100 New Stock price per share $17.50 Gain = New Price - Initial
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Lessons Learned from Managing a Personal Stock Portfolio This report is going to talk about every aspect of the stock market game that I recently finished participating in with this Intro to Business class. It will state the good and bad times I experienced doing this project‚ my most and least successful trades‚ the challenging and easy activities that went along with this project‚ improvements‚ and most importantly‚ what I learned from taking part in this game. First of all‚ I would like
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HND in Finance Unit: Managing financial resource and Decisions Assignment: A Pizza Hut Franchise Compiled by: Binh Truong‚ MSc. Scenario A Pizza Hut Franchise After some years working in the tertiary sector including spells as a manager for a restaurant and as General Manager for a 5 star Sheraton hotel you have decided that it is time to start your own business. After looking around at the opportunities available you have de cided that a franchise of a fast food restaurant is a
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INVESTOR STOCK ANALYSIS University of Phoenix Fin 571 April 22‚ 2013 Bank of America and SunTrust are competitors in the banking industry. Aside from the obvious similtaries inherent to the banking business‚ these two companies are different when viewed through a financial perspective. Both companies operates in three segments: Consumer Banking and Private Wealth Management‚ Wholesale Banking‚ and Mortgage Banking. SunTrust Banks has a market cap of $14.81
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INTRODUCTION Companies need to choose from among various sources of finance depending on the amount of capital required and the term for which it is needed. Finance sources can be divided into three categories‚ namely traditional sources‚ ownership capital and non-ownership capital. Traditional sources are the internally generated capital (retained earnings); ownership capital is the capital owned by shareholders of the company (ordinary shares) while non-ownership capital includes funds from lenders
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Stock Market Project Purchase #1 Question 1: The first stock I purchased was Microsoft as a safe investment with low risk. As the game first began to enroll itself‚ Microsoft became a very profitable contender due to the sharp increase in share prices. I knew the increase would not hold on for long and the stock trend portrayed both sharp increases and decreases in stock prices; this attributed to the selling of my Microsoft shares as an incentive to save any gains I made. Question 2: http://www
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firm federally under the Canadian Business Corporation Act‚ or provincially‚ under the relevant provincial laws. The corporation is considered a resident of its jurisdiction. Public company: corporation whose shares are listed for trading on a stock exchange. Private company: corporation whose shares are privately owned. More than 2‚000 public companies exist in Canada. Public companies can offer shares for sales to raise financing‚ and in return they provide detailed financial information
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the data shown in the following table for the current costs of its three basic sources of capital—long-term debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock equity—for various ranges of new financing. Source of Capital Range of New Financing After Tax Cost Long-term debt $0 to 320‚000 6% $320‚000 and above 8% Preferred stock $0 and above 17% Common stock equity $0 to $200‚000 20% $200‚000 and above 24% The company’s capital structure weights used in calculating its weighted
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1 Muslim Bank enters into Modaraba transaction with five Modarib‚ workout the transactions on prescribe format on the following terms: ➢ Ali Associates Rs.800‚000 cost@10%‚ Profit 40:60 proceeds Rs.810‚000 ➢ Scan Group Rs.700‚000 cost@7% Profit 35:65 Expected Proceeds 812‚000 ➢ Golden Spot Rs.600‚000 cost @8% profit 55:45 Proceeds Rs.770‚000 ➢ Karachi Electric Rs.400‚000 cost @9% profit 50:50 Proceeds Rs.578‚000 ➢ Sailor Services Rs.100‚000 @5% Profit 60:40 Proceed 55‚000. 2 Muslim
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MGF402 Homework 3 Due date: Thursday October 31st 1. Calculate EAR and APR for the following questions. a. You have an APR of 7.5% with continuous compounding. What is the EAR? b. You have an EAR of 9%. What is the equivalent APR with continuous compounding? c. The buyer of a new home is quoted a mortgage rate of 0.5% per month. What is the APR on the loan? d. A loan for a new car costs the borrower 0.8% per month. What is the EAR? Answer: a. 1 + EAR = eAPR => EAR = eAPR - 1 =
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