USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT THREE PROBLEMS Jackie has a margin account with a balance of $150,000. If the initial margin deposit is 60 percent and Turtle Industries is currently selling at $50 per share: (a) 1 How many shares of Turtle can Jackie purchase? (b) 2 What is Jackie's profit/loss if Turtle’s price after one year is $40? (d) 3 If the maintenance margin is 25 percent, to what price can Turtle Industries fall before Jackie receives a margin call? USE THE
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Storm The Collapse of Storm Financial Paul Barry By mid March, America’s champion fraudster Bernie Madoff will have served two years of a 150-year prison sentence for stealing billions of dollars from his rich and famous investors. As he chalks up the anniversary on his North Carolina jail wall, our corporate cop, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), will have barely begun its action against Australia’s champion wealth destroyer Storm Financial Ltd, whose reckless advice
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Financial Statement Analysis Individual and Group Project This is a two part assignment. The first part is a Financial Statement Analysis of the firm you have been covering for your group (to be completed individually by each student). Common-size and base-year your firm’s financial statements for the most recent 5 years. (If your firm doesn’t have this year or last year as its most recent available financial statement, do not use this firm. It may have gone out of business or been acquired
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Financial Analysis: Coke vs Pepsi Computed 2009 Ratios and Commentaries (see table) Coke has higher operating and profit margin compared to Pepsi. The share price of Coke reflects a higher Price to Earnings ratio 18.4x compared to Pepsi 14.2x. This is likely due to the equity market having more confidence in the continuation and sustainability of Coke’s earnings than Pepsi. However, the equity market had priced a discount on Coke’s market capital structure compared to Pepsi. This can be
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Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad, or also known as Proton, was incorporated in Malaysia on 7th May 1983. Proton involves in manufacture, assemble and sell motor vehicles and related product such as spare part, accessories and other components. Proton launched their first car, the Proton SAGA on 9th July 1985 by then Malaysia Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Proton has produced about fourteen models of car up to year 2009. In the case of PROTON- from SAGA to EXORA, Saiful Alawi a Chartered
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DATE: 08/01/2011 BRIEF SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION Marriott initiated a financial reform process during the mid 1970s which was very successful in bringing the company back on a solid foot by 1980. The four year plan included steps to introduce fiscal discipline and maintain certain limits on debt to capital ratio, rating and fund raising activities. Also growth in hotel management fees and cash inflows from selling stakes in low return operations generated an excess amount of cash
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LOOK BEFORE YOU LEVERAGE | | ByYohanes Kristiawan Hartono 16668Yulia Martha 16870Juventius Willieyanto Rudmel 16933Caroline Eva Mursito 16945 | | International Business Management Program Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta Summary Bob’s company, Symonds Electronics, had embarked upon an expansion project, which had the potential of increasing sales by about 30% per year over the next 5 years. The additional capital needed is $5,000,000. When the expansion proposal was presented at the
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chosen this company for the financial analysis because of few important and obvious reasons. First of all it is announced as one of the five most active companies of US by volume. This information is given in Bloomberg. Another reason for taking this company for analysis is that it is one of popularly known companies of the world and information and data of this company is easily available on internet for correct and desired access of information. After the financial analysis of General Electric
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compare the four alternatives available and identify the recommendation that will not only allow Coast4Life to remain profitable in the short-term but strengthen the business in the long-term by focusing on its core capabilities. Financial assessment The financial performance of Coast4Life over the past three years has been impressive (See Appendix 1). The ability of the firm’s ability to meet current obligations (current ratio) and long-term obligations (Debt to equity) has steadily improved
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huge investment of capital expenditures, inventory and personnel. As a result, The Home Depot’s earnings dropped 42% from $14.1 million to $8.2 million, while revenue increased 62%. Since this expansion is largely financed through debt, the financial leverage increased rapidly from 1984 to 1986. With increased asset base by adding new stores and reduced profitability, The Home Depot’s ROA and ROE both dropped about 50%. The selling, general and administrative costs were about 20% of sales in both
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