A cost-cutting project will decrease costs by $66,300 a year. The annual depreciation will be $15,900 and the tax rate is 21 percent. What is the operating cash flow for this project?

A stock has a geometric average return of 14.6 percent and an arithmetic average return of 15.5 percent based on the last 15 years. What is the estimated average rate of return for the next six years based on Blume’s formula?

Fariss Reproductions grants its customers the right to pay for their print jobs within 30 days of the ROG. Thus, the customers’ credit period begins when they:

Faraaz is the owner of a stock with annual returns of 17.6 percent, −11.7 percent, 5.6 percent, and 9.7 percent for the past four years. She thinks the stock may achieve a return of 17 percent again this coming year. What is the probability that she is correct?

One year ago, you purchased a stock at a price of $56.94 per share. Today, you sold your stock at a loss of 18.87 percent. Your capital loss was $13.34 per share. What was the total dividends per share paid on this stock over the year?

The Square Box is considering two independent projects with an initial cost of $18,000 each. The cash inflows of Project A are $3,000, $7,000, and $10,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. The cash inflows for Project B are $3,000, $7,000, and $15,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. The required return is 12 percent and the required discounted payback period is 3 years. Based on discounted payback, which project(s), if either, should be accepted?

Events by Thomas is considering the installation of a new cooker that will cut annual operating costs by $11,900. The system will cost $38,900 and will be depreciated to zero using straight-line depreciation over its five-year life. What is the amount of the earnings before interest and taxes for this project? Ignore bonus depreciation.

Assume Laksko’s has credit sales of $462,400 in March, $507,500 in April, and $550,200 in May. Also assume that 64 percent of sales are collected in the month of sale, 35 percent are collected in the following month, and the remainder are never collected. Credit purchases are $224,600 in March, $236,700 in April, and $252,700 in May. Credit purchases are paid in 30 days. Interest is $12,400 a month, wages and other expenses are $64,400 a month. Fixed assets purchases of $119,500 are scheduled for April with additional purchases of $56,400 in May. The April 1 cash balance was $321,060 and taxes of $180,000 must be paid on April 15. What is the cash balance at the end of May?

Nadine’s Boutique has an accounts payable period of 30 days. Sales of $3,300, $3,400, $4,600, and $4,100 are expected for Quarters 1 through 4, respectively. The cost of goods sold is equal to 62 percent of the next quarter’s sales. The accounts payable balance is $975 as of the beginning of Quarter 1. What is the amount of the projected cash disbursements for accounts payable for Quarter 2 of next year? Assume a year has 360 days.

A bond had a price of $945.60 at the beginning of the year and a price of $977.09 at the end of the year. The bond’s par value is $1,000 and its coupon rate is4.5 percent. What was the percentage return on the bond for the year?