not likely offer dividends, because all of their profits are reinvested to help sustain higher than average growth. Distribution in realized stock is either money a mutual fund pays its shareholder from the dividends or interest it earns or from capital gains, it realizes on the sale of securities in its portfolio. The term distribution is also used to describe certain actions a corporation takes. Share price appreciates is when a share increases in value, it appreciates (Anderson, 2001). Contrast
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I will discuss the cost of equity of Lock Heed Martin and its comparison with other companies within the industry. Discussion Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) The assumptions that have been taken to calculate the cost of equity of the Lockheed Martin is: The Capital Asset Pricing Model is selected to compute the cost of capital. The risk free rate is assumed as the yield on the thirty years US treasury bonds. The S&P 500 is used as a proxy for the expected return for
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29 Using Microsoft Corporation to Demonstrate the Optimal Capital Structure Trade-off Theory John C. Gardner, Carl B. McGowan Jr., and Susan E. Moeller1 ABSTRACT In this paper, we apply the trade-off theory of capital structure to Microsoft. We use data for bond ratings, bond risk premiums, and levered CAPM betas to compute the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital for Microsoft at different debt levels. This study shows the impact of increasing financial leverage on WACC. As
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efficient set of portfolios. We graphed the efficient set for the two-asset case as a curve, pointing out that the degree of curvature reflects the diversification effect: the lower the correlation between the two securities, the greater the diversification. • The same general shape holds in a world of many assets. [pic] [pic] • The efficient set of risky assets can be combined with riskless borrowing and lending. In this case, a rational investor will always choose to hold the portfolio of
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FIN 620, Fall 2006 CASE QUESTIONS DR. KISS Please allow these questions to serve as a guide when you prepare your case write-up in accordance with the syllabus or other instructions. Table of Contents Page Case: Name and Number, Bruner 5e Note Number I. C12- Best Practices—WACC No Questions II. C2- Bill Miller & Value Trust 2 III. C5- Financial Detective, 2005 Contained in Case IV. C7- Body Shop Intl* Contained in Case, but see page 3
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Chapter 6. Risk, Return, and CAPM Dollar return: Amount to be received-Amount invested Rate of return: Amount received-Amount investedAmount invested Stand-alone risk is the risk an investor has in just holding the one asset Expected rate of return: r=i=1npiri Where P is probability of i outcome and r is the rate of return The more leptokurtic the distribution, the more likely the actual outcome will be closer to the expected return. Measuring Standalone Risk: Standard Deviation 1. Expected
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diversification. It’s attributed to firm-specific events such as strikes, lawsuit, regulatory actions, or a loss of a key account. Unsystematic risk is due to factors specific to an industry like labor unions, product category, research and development, pricing, or marketing On the other hand, systematic risk occurs when fluctuations of the stocks returns are changed because of market wide news (Jonathan Berk, 2010, p. 353). These market factors may include situations such as war, inflation, international
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CH. 9: The Capital Asset Pricing Model (Global Edition: CH. 9) 1) In the context of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) the relevant measure of risk is: A) unique risk. B) beta. C) standard deviation of returns. D) variance of returns. E) none of the above. Feedback: B – In the context of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) the relevant measure of risk is beta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2)
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pROJECT ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION OF BETA AND ITS INTERPRETATION IN AN INVESTMENT DECISION | Submitted to: | Prof. S P Mohapatra | | | Submitted By: Aditya Prakash (11DM061) Amitava Mitra (11DM062) Paritosh Beuria (11DM063) Subhajyoti Bhattacharya (11DM064) INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION SCIENCE, BHUBANESWAR. | CONTENTS Page No. * OBJECTIVES 3 * COMPANY PROFILES
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use the capital asset pricing model to estimate the cost of equity. b. Which equity market risk premium (EMRP) did you use? Why? c. What Beta did you use and how did you derive it? d. Which risk-free rate did you use? Why? e. Which capital-structure weights did you use? Why? 2. Judged against your WACC, how attractive is the Boeing 7E7 project? a. Under what circumstances is the project economically attractive? b. What does sensitivity analysis (your own and/or that shown in the case) reveal
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