Fight Finance

(a) The firm issuing more debt and using the proceeds to repurchase stock.

(b) The firm issuing more equity and using the proceeds to pay off debt holders.

(c) The firm's industry becoming more systematically risky, for example if it was a mining company whose performance became more sensitive to countries' GDP growth, so the correlation of the firm's returns with the market was higher.

(d) The firm's industry becoming less systematically risky, for example if it was a child care centre and the government announced higher subsidies for parents using child care centres, so the correlation of the firm's returns with the market was lower.

(e) None of the above.

(a) Only (i) is true.

(b) Only (ii) is true.

(c) Only (iii) is true.

(d) Only (i) and (ii) are true.

(e) All statements (i), (ii) and (iii) are true.

(a) 184,925.77,     164,313.82

(b) 184,925.77,     115,517.84

(c) 186,422.80,     166,717.43

(d) 186,422.80,     118,412.54

(e) 192,435.28,     170,986.32

(a) Junior debt is the safest. Preference shares have the highest expected returns.

(b) Preference shares are the safest. Ordinary shares have the highest expected returns.

(c) Senior debt is the safest. Ordinary shares have the highest expected returns.

(d) Junior debt is the safest. Ordinary shares have the highest expected returns.

(e) Senior debt is the safest. Junior debt have the highest expected returns.

(a) I only.

(b) III only.

(c) IV only.

(d) I and IV only.

(e) II and III only.

Two put options are exactly the same, but one has a low and the other has a high exercise price. Which option would you expect to have the higher price, the option with the or exercise price, or should they have the price?

(a) ##C_0+C_1+C_2+C_3##

(b) ##\dfrac{C_0+C_1+C_2+C_3}{(1+r)^3} ##

(c) ##C_0+\dfrac{C_1}{(1+r)^1} +\dfrac{C_2}{(1+r)^2} + \dfrac{C_3}{(1+r)^3} ##

(d) ##\dfrac{C_1}{(1+r)^1} +\dfrac{C_2}{(1+r)^2} + \dfrac{C_3}{(1+r)^3} ##

(e) ##\dfrac{C_1}{(1+r)^1} + \dfrac{C_2}{(1+r)^2} ##

(a) A 3 for 2 stock split means that for every 2 existing shares, all shareholders will receive 1 extra share.

(b) A 3 for 10 bonus issue means that for every 10 existing shares, all shareholders will receive 3 extra shares.

(c) A 20% stock dividend means that for every 10 existing shares, all shareholders will receive 2 extra shares.

(d) A 1 for 10 reverse stock split means that for every 10 existing shares, all shareholders will lose 9 shares, so they will only be left with 1 share.

(e) A 3 for 10 rights issue at a subscription price of $8 means that for every 10 existing shares, all shareholders can sell 3 of their shares back to the company at a price of $8 each, so shareholders receive money.

(a) AUD 0.2 million.

(b) AUD 0.8 million

(c) AUD 1 million

(d) AUD 1.25 million.

(e) AUD 1.8 million.

(a) Income statement

(b) Balance sheet

(c) Cash flow statement

(d) Stock exchange data.

(e) It's not published, it can only be estimated using multiples or discounted cash flow methods.