Fight Finance

Question 91  WACC, capital structure

A firm has a debt-to-assets ratio of 50%. The firm then issues a large amount of equity to raise money for new projects of similar systematic risk to the company's existing projects. Assume a classical tax system. Which statement is correct?

(a) The debt-to-assets (D/V) ratio will increase.

(b) The debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) will increase.

(c) Firm value is likely to have increased due to the higher amount of interest tax shields, assuming that there will not be any costs of financial distress.

(d) The company's after-tax WACC is likely to stay the same.

(e) The company's before-tax WACC is likely to stay the same.

Question 132  bill pricing, simple interest rate

A 90-day Bank Accepted Bill (BAB) has a face value of $1,000,000. The simple interest rate is 10% pa and there are 365 days in the year. What is its price now?

(a) $10,000,000.00

(b) $8,021,978.02

(c) $976,772.86

(d) $975,935.83

(e) $100,000.00

Question 197  credit risk, bank accepted bill

A highly levered risky firm is trying to raise more debt. The types of debt being considered, in no particular order, are senior bonds, junior bonds, bank accepted bills, promissory notes and bank loans.

Which of these forms of debt is the safest from the perspective of the debt investors who are thinking of investing in the firm's new debt?

(a) Senior bonds

(b) Junior bonds

(c) Bank accepted bills

(d) Promissory notes

(e) Bank loans

Question 349  CFFA, depreciation tax shield

Which one of the following will decrease net income (NI) but increase cash flow from assets (CFFA) in this year for a tax-paying firm, all else remaining constant?

Remember:

###NI = (Rev-COGS-FC-Depr-IntExp).(1-t_c )### ###CFFA=NI+Depr-CapEx - \Delta NWC+IntExp###

(a) An increase in revenue (Rev).

(b) An increase in rent expense (part of fixed costs, FC).

(c) An increase in depreciation expense (Depr).

(d) An decrease in net working capital (ΔNWC).

(e) An increase in dividends.

Question 389  real option, option

You're thinking of starting a new cafe business, but you're not sure if it will be profitable.

You have to decide what type of cups, mugs and glasses you wish to buy. You can pay to have your cafe's name printed on them, or just buy the plain un-marked ones. For marketing reasons it's better to have the cafe name printed. But the plain un-marked cups, mugs and glasses maximise your:

(a) Expansion option.

(b) Abandonment option.

(c) Timing (or delaying) option.

(d) Production (or switching) option.

(e) Underlying asset.

Question 390  real option, option

Some financially minded people insist on a prenuptial agreement before committing to marry their partner. This agreement states how the couple's assets should be divided in case they divorce. Prenuptial agreements are designed to give the richer partner more of the couples' assets if they divorce, thus maximising the richer partner's:

(a) Expansion option.

(b) Abandonment option.

(c) Timing (or delaying) option.

(d) Production (or switching) option.

(e) Underlying asset.

Question 429  takeover

In a takeover deal where the offer is 100% scrip (shares), the merged firm's number of shares will be equal to the sum of the acquirer and target firms' original number of shares. or ?

Question 541  debt terminology

Which of the following statements is NOT correct? Bond investors:

(a) Buy debt.

(b) Are debtors.

(c) Have debt assets.

(d) Provide debt funding.

(e) Are lenders.

Question 880  gold standard, no explanation

Under the Gold Standard (1876 to 1913), currencies were priced relative to:

(a) The United States Dollar, USD.

(b) The Greater British Pound, GBP.

(c) Gold.

(d) Silver.

(e) Rum.

Question 914  bill pricing, money market, return types

A bank bill was bought for $99,000 and sold for $100,000 thirty (30) days later. There are 365 days in the year. Which of the following formulas gives the simple interest rate per annum over those 30 days?

(a) ##12.28956229\% = \left( \dfrac{100,000}{99,000} - 1 \right) \times (365/30)##

(b) ##13.00694446\% = \left( \dfrac{100,000}{99,000} \right)^{365/30} -1##

(c) ##12.60944895\% = \left( \left( \dfrac{100,000}{99,000} \right)^{(365/2)/30} -1 \right) \times 2##

(d) ##12.2904215\% = \left( \left( \dfrac{100,000}{99,000} \right)^{(365/12)/30} -1 \right) \times 12##

(e) ##12.22790862\% = \ln \left( \dfrac{100,000}{99,000} \right) \times 365/30##

Note: To help you identify which is the correct answer without doing any calculations yourself, the formulas used to calculate the numbers are given.