15 Comm 308 Final Exam (Fall 2012) Solutions
15 Comm 308 Final Exam (Fall 2012) Solutions
15 Comm 308 Final Exam (Fall 2012) Solutions
COURSE NUMBER SECTIONS: ( Circle your section)
FINANCE COMM 308 A, AA, B, BB, C, D, E, F
EXAMINATION DATE TIME # OF PAGES 18
Final Exam December 8, 2012 3 hours including cover
VERSION BLUE
INSTRUCTOR: DIVISION
( Underline your instructor’s name) John Molson School of Business
Ali Boloor Foroosh Kaveh Moradi Dezfouli Concordia University
Ravi Mateti Rahul Ravi
Monir Wahhab Derek Hirsch
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1. Which of the following is the best example of a conflict of interest between management and
shareholders?
A. If an investment has interest compounded annually, its nominal rate must always
equal its effective rate.
B. The present value of a 5-year ordinary annuity will be greater than the present value
of a 5-year annuity due. (Assume that both annuities pay $100 per period, and that
there is no chance of default).
C. In an amortized loan with monthly payments, the proportion of the payment that goes
toward repayment of principal increases steadily over time.
D. Answers a and b are correct.
E. Answers a and c are correct.
3. “We pay you $1,000 a year for 10 years and thereafter you will pay us $1,000 a year forever!” –
reads the Highlander (who lives forever) in an ad. What must be the rate of interest (EAR) in
order for this to be a fair deal (i.e. the rate of interest that makes the present value of these two
series of cash flows equal). Assume that all payments occur at the end of the year, so the
Highlander receives the first payment at the end of year one, and he makes his first payment at
the end of year 11.
1000 1000
1 k 1
10
A. No such interest rate exists.
k k
B. 0%.
1 k 1 1
10
C. 6.82979%.
k 7.1773%
D. 7.1773%.
E. 10%.
A. will equal the coupon rate if the bond sells at par value
B. will decrease if the price of the bond increases
C. will be lower than the coupon rate if the bond sells below par value
D. A and B are both correct
E. A, B and C are all correct
5. Which bond’s price would be the least sensitive to an unexpected change in the interest rate?
(Assume assumes all the bonds have the same YTM)
7. Perpetual Inc stock currently sells for $40 per share (immediately after mailing out its most
recent dividend). The required rate of return for Perpetual’s equity is 10%. If the company
maintains a constant 4% growth rate in dividends, what was the most recent dividend per share
paid on the stock?
D0 1.04
A. $4.00. P0 40
0.1 0.04
B. $1.60
40 0.06
C. $2.40 D0 $2.31
1.04
D. $2.31
E. $3.85
A. Assume that the required rate of return on a given stock is 13%. If the stock’s
dividend is growing at a constant rate of 5%, its expected dividend yield is 5% as
well.
B. The dividend yield on a stock is equal to the expected return less the expected capital
gain.
C. A stock’s dividend yield can never exceed the expected growth rate.
D. All of the answers above are correct
E. Answers B and C are correct.
10. In a portfolio of three different stocks, which of the following could not be true? Assume that the
portfolio weight of each stock is less than 1.
A. The riskiness of the portfolio is less than the riskiness of each of the stocks if they
were held in isolation.
B. The riskiness of the portfolio is greater than the riskiness of one or two of the stocks.
C. The beta of the portfolio is less than the beta of each of the individual stocks.
D. The beta of the portfolio is greater than the beta of one or two of the individual
stock’s betas.
E. None of the above (That is, they all could be true, but not necessarily at the same
time).
A. If you add enough randomly selected stocks to a portfolio, you can completely
eliminate all the market risk from the portfolio.
B. If you form a large portfolio of stocks each with a beta greater than 1.0, this portfolio
will have more market risk than a single stock with beta of 0.8.
C. Company specific (or unsystematic) risk can be reduced by forming a large portfolio,
but normally even highly diversified portfolios are subject to market (or systematic)
risk.
D. Choices A, B, and C are correct
E. Choices B and C are correct.
13. You purchased WPC common shares for $50 one year ago. You have received total dividends
equal to $8 during the year. If your total return during the period is 12%, then what was the price
of WPC when you sold the stock today?
8 P0
A. $48 50
1.12
B. $52
P0 50 1.12 8 $48
C. $56
D. $98
E. None of the above
14. If the standard deviation of an equally weighted portfolio is 20%, then what would we expect the
average standard deviation of stocks in that portfolio to be?
A. American Call.
B. European Call.
C. American Put.
D. European Put.
E. Convertible bond.
17. A money manager is managing the account of a large investor. The investor holds the following
stocks:
Stock Amount Invested Weight (wi) Estimated Beta
A $2,000,000 13.33% 0.8
B $5,000,000 33.33% 1.1
C $3,000,000 20.00% 1.4
D $5,000,000 33.33% ???
The portfolio’s required rate of return is 17%. The risk-free rate is 7% and the return on the
market is expected to be 14%. What is stock D’s estimated beta?
A. 1.256
B. 1.389 0.17 0.07 p 0.14 0.07
C. 1.429 0.17 0.07
p 1.42857
D. 2.026 0.07
E. 2.154 0.1333 0.8 0.33333 1.1 0.20 1.4 0.33333 x 1.42857
x 2.0257
A. increase the WACC of a firm with debt and equity in its capital structure
B. not affect the WACC of a firm with debt in its capital structure
C. decrease the WACC of a firm with some debt in its capital structure
D. decrease the WACC of a firm with only equity in its capital structure
E. C and D
20. An entrepreneur is offered a service contract that will cost him $600,000 initially. The contract
has a life of 5 years and will generate an after tax cash inflow of $160,000 per year. The cost of
capital of this project is 12%. What is the NPV of the project? Should the entrepreneur accept or
reject the contract?
160, 000 1
A. -$23,236; reject NPV 600, 000 1 $23, 235.808
1.12
5
0.12
B. $23,236; accept
C. -$20,746; reject
D. $576,764; reject
E. $41,050; accept
21. The Commerce Company is evaluating a project with the following cash flows:
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash Flow ($10,000) $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000
What is the profitability index of the proposed Commerce Company project if the discount rate is
7%?
A. -1.58
B. 0 PVoutflow $10, 000
C. 0.58 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
PVinflow $15,847.06
D. 1.58 1.07 1.07 2 1.073 1.07 4 1.075
PVinflow $15,847.06
E. 2.58 PI 1.584706
PVoutflow $10, 000
23. A company is considering the purchase of a new industrial washer. It can purchase the washer
for $6,000 and sell its old washer for $2,000. The new washer will last for 6 year. The washers
fall into an asset class with a CCA rate of 30%. The cost of capital is 15% and the firm’s tax rate
is 40%. If the salvage value of the new washer is expected to be zero at the end of six-year life,
what is the present value of the CCA tax shield? (Assume that in six years, salvage value of the
old washer is expected to be zero)
4000 0.3 0.4 1 0.5 0.15
A. $1,040.80 PVCCATS $997.10
0.3 0.15 1.15
B. $997.10
C. $886.35
D. $775.48
E. None of the above
24. If a project is expected to increase inventory by $15,000, increase accounts payable by $10,000,
and decrease accounts receivable by $1,000, what is the net increase in working capital during
the life of the project?
NWC Inventory Accounts receivables Accounts payables
A. $4,000
NWC $15, 000 $1, 000 $10, 000 $4, 000
B. $5,000
C. $6,000
D. $7,000
E. None of the above.
25. With the half year rule, the depreciation percentage is lower in the first year than in the second
year. This due to the fact that _____________________________
A. The present value of the ordinary annuity must exceed the present value of the
annuity due, but the future value of an ordinary annuity may be less than the future
value of the annuity due.
B. The present value of the annuity due exceeds the present value of the ordinary
annuity, while the future value of the annuity due is less than the future value of the
ordinary annuity.
C. The present value of the annuity due exceeds the present value of the ordinary
annuity, and the future value of the annuity due also exceeds the future value of the
ordinary annuity.
D. If interest rates increase, the difference between the present value of the ordinary
annuity and the present value of the annuity due remains the same.
E. Insufficient information. Answer depends on the prevailing interest rate.
27. Your company is planning to borrow $2,500,000. It will repay this loan in ten equal annual
installments (first payment at the end of year 1). The quoted rate is 9 percent (EAR). What
fraction of the payment made at the end of the third year will represent repayment of principal?
1
A. 46.04%. 1
PMT 2,500, 000 0.09 1 389,550.2248
1.09
10
B. 50.19%.
389,550.2248 1
C. 54.70%. OB2 1 $2,156, 090.03
1.09
8
0.09
D. 59.63%.
Interest3 0.09 2,156, 090.03 $194, 048.10 Principal3 $195,502.12
E. 64.99%.
Principal3 / PMT 50.19%
28. You are considering two perpetuities which are identical in every way, except that perpetuity A
will begin making annual payments of $1,000 to you one year from today while the first payment
of $1,000 for perpetuity B will take place eleven years from today. It must be true that the
present value of perpetuity A minus that of perpetuity B:
Q1. (10 Points) Application of Time Value Mechanics: This question has two unrelated
parts. Part (a) is bond valuation. Part (b) is equity valuation. Information from part (a) should
not be used in part (b)
JRJ Corporation recently issued 10-year bonds at a price of $1,000. These bonds pay $70 in
interest each six months. Their price has remained stable since they were issued, i.e., they
still sell for $1,000. Due to additional financing needs, the firm wishes to issue new bonds
that would have a maturity of 10 years, a par value of $1,000, and pay $50 in interest every
six months. If both bonds have the same yield, how many new bonds must JRJ issue to
raise $2,000,000 cash? Round your final answer to the next integer.
Solution:
| | | |
0 1 2 20
$50 $50 $50
$1000
n 20
k D 7%
50 1 1000
P0 1 $788.12
0.07 1.07 20 1.07 20
2, 000, 000
Number of new bonds 2537.69 2538
$788.12
Solution:
| | | | | |
0 1 2 3 14 15
$2 $21.02 $21.0212 $21.0212 0.99
g1 2% g 2 1%
ESR 15%
1
Effective Quarterly Rate 1.15 2 1 0.07238 7.238%
2 1.02 13
PV1 Annuity 1 $18.2696
0.07238 0.02 1.07238
$2 1.0212 0.99
PV14 Perpetuity $30.4819
0.07238 0.01
i. (2 Points) Calculate the NPV of the project for the following interest rates:
NPV ? ? ? ?
Solution:
IRR2 50.00%
iii. (2 Points) Using the information from part (i) and (ii) create a capital budgeting
decision rule for the above project. (That is, for what values of k will you accept the
project?)
IRR1 k IRR2
Note: When drawing diagrams, you need to show the location of each important point on the
diagram by writing down the relevant numbers next to each point (i.e. indicate intersections with
the horizontal and vertical axes and any points where the graph changes abruptly).
Part a: (5 Points) The WinnersRus Corporation (WC) has offered its president, Ms. Jane, the
following incentive scheme: At the end of the year Ms. Jane will be paid a bonus of $50,000 for
every dollar that the price of WC exceeds its current value of $110. However, the maximum
bonus that she can receive is set at $1 million.
You raise your hand at the meeting of WC board of directors and suggest that why not offer Ms.
Jane 50,000 long call option with strike price $110 and 50,000 short call option with strike price
of $130. One stock underlies each option.
Part a (5 Points): Draw the payoff diagram of your suggested option portfolio (One long call
option with strike price $110 and one short call option with strike price of $130).
Solution:
Payoff matrix:
Stock 0 110 130 200
Long C120 0 0 20 80
Short C140 0 0 0 ‐60
Portfolio Payoff 0 0 20 20
Payoff Diagram:
As the stock price increases above the current $110 per share, the long call will start to earn one-
dollar payoff for every one-dollar increase in share price.
Therefore, 50,000 of these options will earn $50,000 for every dollar that the price of WC
exceeds its current value of $110.
When the share price is at $130, the long position will earn a total of ($130-$110)*50,000 =
$1,000,000.
Once the share price crosses $130, the short option will be in the money and each one of these
options will cost Ms. Jane one dollar for every one dollar increase in share price. 50,000 of these
options will cost $50,000 for every dollar that the price of WC exceeds $130. This will cancel all
gains from the long position.
Casey, Chuck and Sarah are three fund managers sitting in a coffee shop. To pass the
time, they talk about investing in stock markets. Casey started to brag about how his stock
investments have consistently beaten the market, and how he is very skilled at picking
winning stocks because he knows what to look for in the financial statements of publicly
traded companies. Chuck couldn’t understand why Casey went to all trouble of reading
the financial statements of firms; because he thought picking winning stocks only
required an analysis of past stock prices. Sarah, on the other hand, was skeptical of
Casey’s skill at picking stocks. She said that, if he really had consistently beaten the
market returns, he was either extremely lucky or he used insider information to make his
high returns.
State and explain how each person below views the efficiency of financial markets (Weak
form, semi-strong form, strong form or completely inefficient?).
Chuck:
Sarah:
Believes that markets are semi-strong form efficient. However, they are not strong form
efficient (money can be made from insider information, but not from publicly available
information).
Casey:
5.5
PMT
5.8 Present value of perpetuity: PV0
k
5.10 Effective rate with continuous compounding: k eQR 1
m
5.11 QR f
Effective rate: k 1 1
m
kg kg
PMT1 1 g
n
5A-4 Present value of growing annuity: PV0 1
k g 1 k
Annual Interest
6.3 Current Yield: CY
B
F
Price of T-Bill given BEY: P
6.6 n
1 k BEY 365
EPS1
7.10 Share price with growth opportunities: P0 PVGO
kc
7.11 Growth rate: g b * ROE
CF1 P1 P0
8.3 Total return = Income yield + Capital gain (loss) yield
P0 P0
1
n n
1
8.5 Geometric average (GM) 1 r1 1 r2 1 r3 K 1 rn n
1 1 ri 1
i1
n
8.6 Expected return: ER ri * Probi
i1
r r
n 2
8.7 i
Ex-post i 1
n 1
n
Prob r ER
2
8.8 Ex-ante i i
i 1
n
8.9 Expected portfolio return: ERp wi * ERi
i1
w w 2 w w COV
2 2 2 2
8.11 Portfolio standard deviation: P A A B B A B A, B
n
8.12 COVA, B Probi (rA,i ra )(rB ,i rb )
i 1
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8.14 COVAB AB A B
8.16 AB 1, then: P w A 1 w B
If
E ( RA ) RF
9.3 E RP RF P
A
ERM RF
9.4 Slope of CML
M
ERP RF
9.6 Sharpe Ratio
P
Covi , M i , M i
9.7 i
M2 M
9.8 P wA A wB B wn n
9.9 ki RF ERM RF i
12.2 Option Premium IV TV
12.5 Put Call Parity: P S C PV (X)
CF1 CF2 CF3 CFn n
CFt
13.1 NPV .. CF0 CF0
1 k 1 k 1 k 1 k 1 k
1 2 3 n t
t 1
PV (Cash inflows)
13.3 PI
PV (Cash outflows)
14.1 CF0 C0 NWC0 OC
14.2 CFt CFBTt 1 T CCAt T
14.4 ECFn SVn NWCn
14.5
NPV PV CFt PV ECFn CF0
14.6 PV (Operating Cash Flows)
CFBT 1 T
1
1
1 k
n
k
(C )(d )(T ) 1 0.5k ( SVn )(d )(T ) 1
14.7 PV (CCA Tax Shield ) 0 * *
d k 1 k d k 1 k
n
ROI IC K e S K d (1 T ) D S D
20.8 Cost of Capital: K a K e K d (1 T )
V V V V
S P D
20.9 WACC K e K p K i , Where: K i K d (1 T )
V V V
20.10 Market value: S P0 n
I(1 T ) 1 F 1
20.13 Net proceeds: NP 1
Ki
1 K
n n
1 Ki i
D
20.14 Cost of preferred shares: K p p
NP
D1
20.17 K ne g
NP
D X (1 b)
20.21 Ke 1 g 1 b * ROE
P0 P0
P0
20.27 Cost of new equity: K ne K e *
NP
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