What is the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of the project detailed in the table below?
Assume that the cash flows shown in the table are paid all at once at the given point in time. All answers are given as effective annual rates.
Project Cash Flows | |
Time (yrs) | Cash flow ($) |
0 | -100 |
1 | 0 |
2 | 121 |
A firm wishes to raise $10 million now. They will issue 6% pa semi-annual coupon bonds that will mature in 8 years and have a face value of $1,000 each. Bond yields are 10% pa, given as an APR compounding every 6 months, and the yield curve is flat.
How many bonds should the firm issue? All numbers are rounded up.
Question 320 foreign exchange rate, monetary policy, American and European terms
Investors expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to decrease the overnight cash rate at their next meeting.
Then unexpectedly, the RBA announce that they will keep the policy rate unchanged.
What do you expect to happen to Australia's exchange rate in the short term? The Australian dollar is likely to:
Which of the following is NOT a valid method to estimate future revenues or costs in a pro-forma income statement when trying to value a company?
Question 542 price gains and returns over time, IRR, NPV, income and capital returns, effective return
For an asset price to double every 10 years, what must be the expected future capital return, given as an effective annual rate?
Which of the following statements about yield curves is NOT correct?
Question 834 option, delta, theta, gamma, standard deviation, Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing
Which of the following statements about an option (either a call or put) and its underlying stock is NOT correct?
European Call Option | ||
on a non-dividend paying stock | ||
Description | Symbol | Quantity |
Spot price ($) | ##S_0## | 20 |
Strike price ($) | ##K_T## | 18 |
Risk free cont. comp. rate (pa) | ##r## | 0.05 |
Standard deviation of the stock's cont. comp. returns (pa) | ##\sigma## | 0.3 |
Option maturity (years) | ##T## | 1 |
Call option price ($) | ##c_0## | 3.939488 |
Delta | ##\Delta = N[d_1]## | 0.747891 |
##N[d_2]## | ##N[d_2]## | 0.643514 |
Gamma | ##\Gamma## | 0.053199 |
Theta ($/year) | ##\Theta = \partial c / \partial T## | 1.566433 |
Question 987 interest tax shield, capital structure, debt terminology
What creates interest tax shields for a company?