IMA CMA-Strategic-Financial-Management 問題集 : CMA Part 2: Strategic Financial Management Exam

A company has hired a consultant to propose a way to increase the company's revenues. The consultant has evaluated two mutually exclusive projects with me following information provided for each project.

The company uses a discount rate of 9% to evaluate both projects Based on the net present value, the company should invest in

• A. neither project
• B. project B only
• C. project A only
• D. project A and project B

Sunnyvale Gas Company had a $50 million issue of 30-year mortgage bonds issued at par 10 years ago The coupon rate on the bonds is 15% and Interest is payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1. The bonds are currently trading at SI 300. The can provision of the issue states that the bonds are callable after the S-year deferral period at 108 plus accrued interest. If Sunnyvale calls the bonds effective June 1 what is the cash payment, ignoring taxes, to the bondholders?

• A. $57 750 000
• B. $51875 000
• C. $55 875 000
• D. $66,875,000

Identify the market structure in which OLI operates and explain how OLi's pricing is affected by this mantel structure Essay Online Learning Inc. lOLI) is a privately-held company based in the IUC that specializes in providing online courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). OLI is trying to set up a new sales office in a foreign country.
It needs a business license to operate in that country. The license normally lakes six months to obtain. An official of that country said that he could expedite the process for a fee of €300.
OLI estimates the new sales office can bring €300,000 incremental profit annually OLI has just launched a new online 40-houi course to help adult ESL learners master basic business English. The price of the new course is €500 per student, the variable cost is €300 per student, and the total fixed cost of the new course is
€300.000 per year OLI spent €200.000 to develop the new course before launching it. There are many online course providers in the marketplace, and each has its own feature However, OLI's highly qualified staff and good reputation have enabled it to charge a premium price compared to its major competitors. Recent market research indicates that if OLI raises the price of its new business English course by 10V the student enrollment would decrease by 5V A regional airlines company in Asia has approached OLI and offered to enroll 1.000 of its employees in the new course if OLI would agree to a special price of €350 per employee If OLI accepts this offer, an additional €10,000 onetime cost would be required to temporally expand its capacity to accommodate the new students.

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Explanation
The market is quite sensitive to prices as the change in price is affecting me demand However the company has less opportunity over here to increase the prices for its premium service as the customers would be willing to pay less and get the same service from the competitor.

Marlow Company s partial balance sheet indicated the following.

• A. 1.96
• B. 1.58
• C. 0.51
• D. 2.08

Define the term structure of interest rates and explain now it could impact QDD's objective of obtaining the lowest coupon rate Essay Quality Digital Design (QDD) Inc is a public-traded technology company Selected financial data of QDD for the prior year are as follows

QDD's stock was trading at $160 per share at the beginning of the yea: and at $176 per share by the end of the year. The company paid dividends of S5 per share. The company "s stock had a beta of 1 4 The stock market provided a total return of 12% last year, well above the 3% risk free rate of return QDD is considering the issuance of $200 million of bonds to fund the repurchase of $200 million of its stock.
QDD is evaluating the bond, including its term structure, maturity, and whether it should be callable obtaining the lowest coupon interest is an important objective of QDD. The CFO has estimated that sales for the current year would remain the same as last year and the new bond would add S12 million in annual interest payments

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Explanation
* A callable bond allows companies to pay off their debt early and benefit from favorable interest rate drops
* A capable bono benefits the issuer and so investors of these bonds ate compensated vutn a more attractive interest rate than on otherwise similar non-callable bonds However callable bones are more expensive The term structure of interest rates reflects the expectations of market participants about future changes in interest rates and their assessment of monetary policy conditions in general terms yields increase in line with maturity, giving rise to an upard-sloping or normal yield curve