Business Finance Help for College and University Students

IPO, Flotation costs See attachment.

1. IPO Underpricing. The James Co/and the Lars Co. have both announced IPOs at $30 per share. One of these is undervalued by $6, and the other is overvalued by $3, but you have no way of knowing which is which. You plan on buying 1,000 shares of each issue. If an issue is underpriced, it will be rationed, and only half your o ...continues

Calculating Float, Net Float, Cash Discounts

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Currency exchange rates, cross-rates, power parity

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EBIT, Taxes, Leverage, Break-Even: Big Apple, Duval Corporation

Please help me on the attached problems. 1. EBIT and Leverage. Big Apple, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $80,000. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $10,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 20 percent hi ...continues

IPO, Flotation costs

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Investing

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TA 101733 Please

A convertible bond pays a 10% coupon, with semiannual payments, has a $1,000 face value, matures in 10 years, and is convertible into 40 shares of the firm's common stock. The stock is currently selling for $30 a share. If similar risk bonds are currently yielding 8%, what is the minimum price at which this bond should sell?

TA 101733 Please

If I believe interest rates will fall sharply over the next sixth months, what type of bonds should I purchase to provide capital gains on the interest rate move? If I expect rates to rise, what bonds should I purchase?

Managerial Finance 476 (II)

Discussion Question 1: A company here in San Diego was in the news about a year ago regarding its' success and the concerns that industry analyst's had with the company. The company is Websense. They make Web filtering software for corporations, stopping employee use of company computers to access unauthorized web-sites (think ...continues

Managerial Finance 476(II)

Many Tech companies offered employee's stock options during the 90's as a form of compensation. Many of those options are now worthless either because the stock dropped or because the company went bankrupt. Does your company offer you options? Have you ever worked at a company that offered stock options? Do you think that stock ...continues