Fight Finance

(a) The expected total return of the stock.

(b) The expected income return of the stock.

(c) The expected capital return of the stock.

(d) The expected growth rate of the dividend.

(e) The expected growth rate of the stock price.

(a) The internal rate of return (IRR) of buying a bond is equal to the bond's yield.

(b) The present value of a fairly priced bond's coupons and face value is equal to its price.

(c) If the required return of a bond falls, its price will fall.

(d) Fairly priced discount bonds' yield is more than the coupon rate, price is less than face value, and the NPV of buying them is zero.

(e) The NPV of buying a fairly priced bond is zero.

(a) Is the stock's required return.

(b) Is the stock's expected total return.

(c) Is the stock's expected dividend return.

(d) Is the stock's expected real yield.

(e) Should be less than the expected GDP growth rate of the country where the company does business.

(a) ##V_0 = \dfrac{C_1}{r} \left(1-\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^T} \right) ##

(b) ##V_0 = \dfrac{C_1 \left(1-\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^T} \right)}{r}##

(c) ##V_0 = C_1\dfrac{\left(1-(1+r)^{-T} \right)}{r}##

(d) ##V_0 = C_1 \left(1-(1+r)^{-T} \right) r^{-1}##

(e) ##V_0 = C_1 \left(r^{-1}-(1+r)^{-T-1} \right)##

If the USD appreciates against the AUD, the American terms quote of the AUD will or ?

(a) The NPV is zero.

(b) The IRR is 10% pa, equal to the 10% cost of capital.

(c) The payback period is two years assuming that the whole $12.1m cash flow occurs at t=2, or 1.826 years if the $12.1m cash flow is paid smoothly over the second year.

(d) The project could be accepted or rejected, the owners would be indifferent.

(e) If the project is accepted then the market value of the firm's assets will increase by $2.1m more than it would otherwise if the project was rejected.

(a) 16 years

(b) 14 years

(c) 12 years

(d) 10 years

(e) 8 years

(a) var(X) or ##\sigma_X^2##

(b) sd(X) or ##\sigma_X##

(c) 1

(d) 0

(e) Mathematically undefined

(a) All people prefer more rather than less wealth which is rational.

(b) Mr Blue is risk averse, Miss Red is risk neutral and Mrs Green is risk loving.

(c) Mr Blue's certainty equivalent of the gamble is $225. This is less than his current $500 which is why he would dislike the gamble.

(d) Miss Red's certainty equivalent of the gamble is $500. This is the same as her current $500 which is why she would be indifferent to gambling.

(e) Mrs Green's certainty equivalent of the gamble is $793.70. This is more than her current $500 which is why she would like the gamble.

(a) 13.75 years

(b) 14.333333 years

(c) 19.545455 years

(d) 35 years

(e) Infinity