Which of the following is NOT one of M-M’s perfect capital market assumptions?
a. no taxes
b. individuals can borrow or lend at the same rate
c. every party has equal access to information
d. bankruptcy costs are reasonably low
d. bankruptcy costs are reasonably low
There are no bankruptcy costs as per MM assumptions. Other points are also part of MM assumptions.
Which of the following is NOT one of M-M’s perfect capital market assumptions? a. no taxes...
Dividend-paying firms with no investment opportunities violate which of following assumptions of “perfect capital markets”? Investors and firms can trade the same set of securities at competitive market prices equal to the present value of their future cash flows. A) There are no taxes, transaction costs, or issuance costs associated with security trading. B) A firm’s financing decisions do not change the cash flows generated by its investments, nor do they reveal new information about them. C)Exactly two of the...
Which of the following is TRUE? I. With perfect capital markets, a firm's WACC is independent of its capital structure and is equal to its equity cost of capital if the firm is unleveraged. II. Given a 35% corporate tax rate, for every £1 in new permanent debt that the firm issues, the value of the firm increases by £0.35. III. A key assumption of MM's Proposition I without taxes is that individuals can borrow on their own account at...
In a perfect market, is the quoted borrowing rate equal to the quoted savings rate? What happens to borrowing/lending rates if everybody do not share the same information? What happens to borrowing and lending rates if there is only one seller (bank)? Or if there is only one buyer (firm) borrowing? What is a liquidity premium? Taxes: Would you rather get a dollar of income as ordinary income, dividends, interest or capital gains?
Which one of the following is not a condition of perfect competition? a. All goods sold in the market are identical b. Producers can freely enter or exit the market c. Buyers and sellers have perfect information d. Numerous small buyers and sellers e. Firms’ production functions display increasing returns . In a perfectly competitive market, every individual seller is a price taker, which means that a. they face a perfectly inelastic demand curve. b. any seller that raises its...
Assume a perfect capital market but with taxes (tax rate is
35%). Euphon Inc. does not currently have debt in its balance
sheet. Euphon’s equity value is $100 million and has $20 million of
cash. There are currently 20 million shares outstanding. Euphon is
considering taking on $40 million debt which will be used entirely
to repurchase shares. Assume that the new debt will be
riskfree.
1. What should the minimum repurchase offer price be in order
to attract current...
Which of the following are assumptions of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)? Check all that apply.Investors assume that their investment activities won't affect the price of a stock.There are no taxes.Assets won't be short sold.Asset quantities aren't given.Consider the equation for the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM):$$ \hat{r}_{1}=r_{R F}+\left(\hat{r}_{M}-r_{R F}\right) \times \frac{\operatorname{Cov}\left(r_{i}, r_{M}\right)}{\sigma_{M}^{2}} $$In this equation, the term \(r_{R F}\) represents therate of return on a risk-free bondSuppose that the market's average excess return on stocks is 6.00 %...
Which of the following is not true of adverse selection? It occurs in the used-car market but not in the market for insurance. It can result when one of the parties in a transaction has little information about the quality of the goods involved. It drives out the high-quality products and only the low-quality products are left in a market. It can cause the quality of the goods traded to decline if quality detection costs are high. It can be...
a) Two firms, ABC Ltd and XYZ Ltd, are identical in every respect apart from their capital structure. Both will earn $284 million if the market swings upwards and $100 million in a downward swing. There is an even chance of the market swinging upwards or downwards. ABC Ltd has no debt. XYZ Ltd has issued $800 million of its debt at an interest rate of 10% and hence, $80 million of its income is paid out as interest. Assume...
The "perfect information" assumption of perfect competition includes all of the following except one. Which one? Select one: a. Consumers know their preferences. b. Consumers know their income levels. c. Consumers know the prices available. d. Consumers can anticipate price changes. e. Firms know their costs, prices and technology.
Which of the following is NOT necessarily true in a market characterized by perfect competition? Select one: a. Consumers know all prices charged by all firms. b. All firms produce a slightly differentiated product. c. Firms can not freely enter the market in the short run. d. Firms can not freely exit the market in the short run and avoid all costs.