What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally weighted between Stocks M and N given the following information? State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock M Stock N Boom .13 .18 −.14 Normal .82 .06 .06 Recession .05 −.14 .18

Vela Movers has an average collection period of 34 days. The company factors all receivables immediately at a discount rate of 1.8 percent. Assume that default is extremely unlikely. What is the effective cost of borrowing?

The amount that O’Leary’s purchases from its suppliers each quarter equals 61 percent of the next quarter’s forecasted sales. The payables period is 60 days. Wages, taxes, and other expenses are 18 percent of sales, and interest and dividends are $72 per quarter. No capital expenditures are planned. The projected sales for Year 1 are $730, $770, $710, and $850 for Quarters 1 to 4, respectively. Sales for the first quarter of Year 2 are projected at $760. What is the amount of the total disbursements for Quarter 3 of Year 1?

A stock had returns of 11.18 percent, −15.37 percent,21.53 percent, 26.67 percent, and 9.93 percent over the past five years. What was the geometric average return for this stock?

Gibson’s has sales for the year of $542,400, cost of goods sold equal to 80 percent of sales, and an average inventory of $80,400. The profit margin is 6 percent and the tax rate is 21 percent. How many days, on average, does it take the company to sell an inventory item? Assume 365 days per year.

A five-year project has an initial fixed asset investment of $613,600, an initial net working capital investment of $22,200, and an annual operating cash flow of −$76,540. The fixed asset is fully depreciated over the life of the project and has no salvage value. The net working capital will be recovered when the project ends. The required return is 11.7 percent. What is the project’s equivalent annual cost, or EAC?

Granite Works maintains a debt-equity ratio of .58 and has a tax rate of 21 percent. The pretax cost of debt is 8.9 percent. There are 18,000 shares of stock outstanding with a beta of 1.42 and a market price of $23 per share. The current market risk premium is 7.8 percent and the current risk-free rate is 3.1 percent. This year, the firm paid an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and expects to increase that amount by 2 percent each year. Using an average expected cost of equity, what is the weighted average cost of capital?

A company is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. The company requires a rate of return of 15 percent and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of its equipment. Ignore bonus depreciation. Machine A has a cost of $462,000, annual aftertax cash outflows of $46,200, and a four-year life. Machine B costs $898,000, has annual aftertax cash outflows of $16,500, and has a seven-year life. Whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. Which machine should the company purchase and how much less is that machine’s EAC as compared to the other machine’s?

The common stock of Alpha Manufacturers has a beta of 1.24 and an actual expected return of 13.25 percent. The risk-free rate of return is 3.7 percent and the market rate of return is 11.78 percent. Which one of the following statements is true given this information?

Decker’s is an all-equity financed chain of retail furniture stores. Furniture Fashions produces furniture and is the primary supplier to Decker’s. Decker’s has a beta of 1.62 as compared to Furniture Fashions’ beta of 1.43. The risk-free rate of return is 3.1 percent and the market risk premium is 7.6 percent. What discount rate should Decker’s use if it considers a project that involves the manufacturing of furniture?