What would happen if B.E. wasn’t able to sell all of the 30,000,000 units? They would get stockpiled into ending inventory and allocated expense which would increase costs of goods sold and therefore net income. Since the presidents bonus is based off of net income and the amount he can
Module 4 - BEATRICE PEABODY – Questions Alexandria Wiles 1. According to ValueLine estimates in Figure 1, James River’s expected annual dividend growth rate from the 91–93 to 97–99 period is 5.50%, and the next dividend (1995) is expected to be $0.60. Assume that the required return for James River was 8.36% on January 1 1995 and that the 5.50% growth rate was expected to continue indefinitely. a. Based on the Constant Growth Rate or Gordon Model, what was James River’s price at the beginning of 1995?
Discount rate = 11%. The Net Present Value (NPV) of an investment proposal is equal to the present value of its annual free cash flows less the investment’s initial outlay (Keown, A. J., Martin, J. D., & Petty, J. W. (2014). The rule here is that our company will accept projects with a net present value greater than zero, and decline the ones with a net present value that is less than zero. The greater the net present value, the more appropriate the investment is. Based on that, Corporation B is desirable to Corporation A as it has a greater net present value.
The main focus of the company should be on the incremental cash flow because this holds a marginal benefit from the project. Depreciation is qualified as an expense: therefore, and the larger the depreciation the larger the expense. From the accounting profits point the profit would be much lower than on the free cash flow. 2. What are the incremental cash flows for the project in years 1 through 5 and how do these cash flows differ from accounting profits or earnings?
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.
At the same time, there are increasing concerns about the fact that concentration in the financial system has increased; big banks may feel less competitive pressure to lend – despite the fact that they are highly profitable. The “Too Big to Fail” bailout of our big banks will have the most resounding effect on economic future. The latest quarterly report from the Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), is the best official articulation yet of why Too Big To Fail is here to stay in the United States – and we are likely on the path to these institutions (Johnson & Kurtz, 2011) becoming Too Big To Save. There are moral hazard and potentially dire consequences associated with the continued presence of financial institutions that are deemed ‘too big to
Capital is mobile: when it is taxed heavily here, it flees somewhere else, meaning lower investment and employment in the United States, and because capital income taxes discourage investment or drive it overseas, they generate little if any tax revenue. Bush's tax cut substantially increased economic growth, boosted the stock market, and increased business investment. The jewel of Bush tax plan was the elimination of the dividend tax on individuals. Another key economic growth provision of the tax plan was the acceleration of income tax rate reductions. According to economic experts, if fully implemented, the Bush tax cut would increase stock values immediately by 5% to 15% and would reduce the cost of capital for businesses by 10% to 30%, depending on the industry.
If the gross profit falls from one year to the next or is thought to be too low the firm may need to decrease the costs of its purchases or may try to increase the sales without increasing the cost of the goods sold. The same thing applies to the net profit margin if it is too low or falls year on year then the business may need to look for cheaper premises or cut staffing costs. Return on Capital Employed will be used to see if an investment is worth the capital outlay, if the return from the capital outlay is higher than the interest offered by banks for money invested then the outlay is justified. you then have to talk about Liquidity,The Debtors’ and creditors’ and then an overview of it all
Two disadvantages to automation are that it costs more and it is not easily changed. 6. A products margin is determined by subtracting its manufacturing cots (labor and material) from its price. Logically, higher prices and lower labor and material costs result in higher margins. Keeping in mind the customer buying criteria, how would you increase margins for a low end product?
Doing this would account for 70% of the funding needed to keep social security going for the years to come, but it comes at a very big cost. I don't believe that “progressive indexing” would necessarily be a good idea, because it would affect so many people. This is meant to take some of the benefits from the workers that make more money and spread this around to help make up for others that may be lacking. The problem that I see is that $20,000 per year is too low, and may end up taking extra benefits from people who are in severe need of it. If “progressive indexing” were to be implemented I would propose raising that minimum to $35,000.