Is the real estate subsidiary a good idea? If the managers buy more stock, what is the appropriate price? There are two major concerns which are gaining competitive advantage and determining comparable valuations. Brazos should allow the company to sell the managers some stock of the business to benefit the managers. But the amount that a manager can hold stocks should be limited because the ownership would be split in this way as it is not good for Brazos itself to decrease its ownership.
What amount should Ruiz record on March 1, 2010 as paid-in capital from stock warrants? (Points : 4) $28,800 $33,600 $41,600 $40,000 3. (TCO A) On January 1, 2010, Trent Company granted Dick Williams, an employee, an option to buy 100 shares of Trent Co. stock for $30 per share, the option exercisable for 5 years from date of grant. Using a fair value option pricing model, total compensation expense is determined to be $900. Williams exercised his option on September 1, 2010, and sold his 100 shares on December 1, 2010.
This choice does, however, affect how individual shareholders’ accounts are reported in the balance sheet. Formally retiring shares restores the balances in both the common stock account and paid-in capital - excess of par to how those balances would have looked if the shares never had been issued. Any net increase in assets produced from the sale and ensuing repurchase is reflected as Paid-in capital—share repurchase. On the other hand, any net decrease in assets resulting from the sale and subsequent repurchase is repeated as a subtraction of retained earnings. Inversely, when a share repurchase is seen as treasury stock, the cost of the treasury stock is naturally disclosed as a decrease in total shareholders’ equity.
a. How much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position? b. How high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of
What assumptions can you use to arrive approximately at the share price of $273,000 that was estimated by the dissenting shareholders? Show how these assumptions impact your valuation. 4. What is the maximum share price at which Herbert Kohler should be willing to settle with the dissenting shareholders in order to stop the trial on April 11, 2000? Assume that (i) if the trial proceeds it is expected to last less than a month and result in two possible outcomes in terms of the price per share established in court: the $273,000 claimed by the plaintiffs, or the $55,400 being defended by Herbert Kohler; (ii) Kohler estimates the probabilities of these outcomes at 30% and 70%, respectively.
What advantage does buying stock on margin offer Victor? Under the following conditions the percentage earned by Victor is: 50.5% One advantage Victor has buying the stock on margin is that he will be able to use the borrowed funds to increase his percentage of return. 3. What would be the percentage returns if the sale prices had been $50 or $100? If the sale price was $50: The percentage of returns for Darin would be at a loss of -16.3% The percentage of returns for Victor would be at a loss of -31.8% If the sale price was $100: The percentage of returns for Darin would be at a gain of 66.1% The percentage or returns for Victor would be at a gain of 105.4% 4.
b. Most sinking funds require the issuer to provide funds to a trustee, who holds the money so that it will be available to pay off bondholders when the bonds mature. c. A sinking fund provision makes a bond more risky to investors at the time of issuance. d. Sinking fund provisions never require companies to retire their debt; they only establish “targets” for the company to reduce its debt over time. e. If interest rates increase after a company has issued bonds with a sinking fund, the company will be less likely to buy bonds on the open market to meet its sinking fund obligation and more likely to call them in at the sinking fund call price.
In each case, what is the value to MCI shareholders? 3. Merger arbitrage (or risk arbitrage) funds speculate on the completion of stock and cash mergers, typically buying the target and hedging the risk of the acquirer’s shares accordingly to exchange ratio in stock mergers. What positions would risk arbitragers take in this deal? How would their positions change if the board appears to favour Quest offer?
Is the use of a monthly average price a net advantage or disadvantage to J & L? Using NYMEX contracts will minimize the asset mismatch aspect of basic risk, along with a better liquidity. However, since diesel fuel is not a traded commodity, it cannot be directly hedged and J&L will suffer a certain amount of basis risk. J&L will also need to post a margin for their future contracts at NYMEX. Using product offered by Continental Bank would require a higher cost for J&L, and illiquid compared with NYMEX.
“Because and swaps—are instruments for speculation as well as hedges bonuses on Wall Street are tied to transaction volume, this creagainst a drop in an asset’s value. They can be used to bet ates an obvious problem.” that the price of an asset will go up or down. Derivatives also One fear is that losses in the trading department of a large can have more of an effect on a portfolio than simply buying bank, say, could cause a meltdown of the financial system, a or selling a stock or bond because of the leverage involved. scenario that has sometimes prompted calls for stricter regulaLast November, for instance, an investor could buy nearly $1 tion. Critics of government meddling note that these dire million in futures contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 In- warnings have never