Capital required for a business can be classifies under two main categories: Fixed Capital Working Capital Fixed capital It refers to any kind of real or physical capital (fixed asset) that is not used up in the production of a product and is contrasted with circulating capital such as raw materials, operating expenses and the like. Fixed capital is that portion of the total capital that is invested in fixed assets (such as land, buildings, vehicles and equipment) that stay in the business
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CHAPTER 12: COST OF CAPITAL A. OVERVIEW Definition: Cost of capital refers to the rate of return • a firm must earn on its investment projects to increase the market value of its common shares • required by market suppliers of capital to attract funds to the firm Notes: • If project rate of return > cost of capital ( value of firm increases • If project rate of return < cost of capital ( value of firm decreases • Goal: minimize cost of capital Assumptions: 1
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Collective Agreements As the collective aggreements are the negotiating tool between shareholders and employees, I initially prefer to make the analyses of the systems this tool aims to serve. On one side of the spectrum there are capitalist firms, where as on the other side we can say there exist the Labour managed Enterprises. In order to propose a better alternative to replace the collective aggreements we think a swot analysis for both side of the spectrum from the employee and company
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CFA Level I June 2010 - Mock Exam Questions 1. Which of the following least likely violates Standard VII (B): Reference to CFA Institute, the CFA Designation and the CFA Program? A. Joe Smith, C.F.A. B. Joe Smith, CFA C. Joe Smith, Chartered Financial Analyst Answer: C According to Standard VII (B), an analyst must not exaggerate the meaning or implications of membership of CFA Institute, holding the CFA designation, or candidacy in the CFA Program. A member cannot use a bold or larger font
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University of Phoenix Marcelle Giles Fin/370 Finance for Business Week two individual assignment chapter fourteen questions April 5, 2010 |14-1. What are financial markets? What function do they perform? How would an economy be worse off without them? | | |According to T.E. Copeland, J.F. Weston (1988),” a financial market is a mechanism that allows people to easily buy and sell (trade) | | |financial securities (such as stocks and bonds), commodities
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Accounting Standards Building international opportunities for Australian business Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Proposals for Reform: Paper No. 1 © Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISBN 0 642 26110 5 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Government Publishing Service. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction rights should be directed
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Credit Management |Program |: |MBA |Class of |: |2007 | |Semester |: |IV |Sessions |: |33 | |Course Code |: |BKG 607 |Credit |: |3 Units | Objective The objective of this course is to provide the students with adequate knowledge about
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Preparation Questions for Myers & Majluf Article on Financing and Investing Decisions Tradicional Finance a) If the NPV of the project is positive, the firm should undertake the investment. b) Base in the formula I = E + S we can demonstrate what is the best decision for the company. For that we will make a numerical example. State 1 State 2 Asset-in.place a 150 50 Investment Opportunity (NPV) b 20 10 P' I Debt (D) Lot of cash S E True Value (V) P'+E V V old new = = = 115 150 0
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Inter Company Analysis Britannia can be compared with its competitor on the basis of various ratios as mentioned below Current Ratio Britannia has a current ratio of 1.054 in comparison to HUL which has a current ratio of of 0.79.The high current ratio mainly is because of a more than proportionate increase of the Current Assets when compared to the Current Liabilities. Debt Equity Ratio There is a stark comparison between the two companies in terms of funding. While HUL funds its
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Badges of trade In 1955, the raoyal commission on taxation (uk), provided six indicator or badges of trading. If we could pin anyone or more of these badges to a particular transaction then we could estalisj the existence of business/trade. Let us consider the six badges identified by the royal commission: a. The subject matter of realization The nature of the asset that is dealt with may indicate the fact that there is trading. If an asset that is acquired does not yield to the owner income,
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