At the beginning of the year, BJ’s had an outstanding short-term loan of $527. The interest charges for the year were $31 and the annual net cash flow was $211, prior to any payment of principal or interest on the loan. What is the anticipated loan balance at year-end?

What is the expected return of an equally weighted portfolio comprised of the following three stocks? State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .25 .19 .13 .07 Normal .72 .15 .05 .13 Bust .03 −.29 −.14 .22

A stock has an expected rate of return of 9.8 percent and a standard deviation of 15.4 percent. Which one of the following best describes the probability that this stock will lose at least half of its value in any one given year?

Colors and More is considering replacing the equipment it uses to produce crayons. The equipment would cost $1.03 million, have a 12-year life, and lower manufacturing costs by an estimated $280,000 per year. The equipment will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation over its expected life to a book value of zero. Ignore bonus depreciation. The required rate of return is 13 percent and the tax rate is 23 percent. What is the annual operating cash flow?

Assume the returns from an asset are normally distributed. The average annual return for the asset is 17.4 percent and the standard deviation of the returns is 27.5 percent. What is the approximate probability that your money will double in value in a single year?

Western Wear is considering a project that requires an initial investment of $602,000. The firm maintains a debt-equity ratio of .55 and has a flotation cost of debt of 4.9 percent and a flotation cost of equity of 10.2 percent. The firm has sufficient internally generated equity to cover the equity portion of this project. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs?

What is the expected return and standard deviation for the following stock? State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Boom .08 −.02 Normal .73 .098 Recession .19 .138

Alumak, Incorporated, uses high-tech equipment to produce specialized products. Each one of its machines costs $55,000 to purchase plus an additional $6,000 per year to operate. The machines have a four-year life after which they are worthless. What is the equivalent annual cost of one of these machines if the required return is 15 percent?

A two-year project has sales of $582,960, cash costs of $411,015, and depreciation expense of $68,109. The tax rate is 24 percent and the discount rate is 12 percent. What is the amount of the annual depreciation tax shield? Ignore bonus depreciation.

A project has cash flows of −$152,000, $60,800, $62,300, and $75,000 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. The required rate of return is 13 percent. What is the profitability index? Should you accept or reject the project based on this index value?