FIN 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cash Flow, January 30, Discounting

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Lecture 4: valuations of cash flows - part 1. Make sure to look at the homework, which is due on the january 30th - 11pm. The main goal of financial managers is to select investment projects that increase firm value. However, project payoffs are expected in the future, but investment decisions must be made today. How to find the value of future cash flows" worth today. Apparent truism: a dollar today is worth more than a dollar promised at some time in the future . The discount factor reflects the inflation, risk, and opportunity cost of capital. How to solve: draw a timeline, the time (end of year 0 - year 1 is exactly one year from now) Discount the money by the discount rate - which will reflect compensation for the risk, inflation (the purchasing power will decrease over time), and opportunity cost (you could have earned interest from investing the money somewhere else)

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QUESTION 1 The time value of money refers to the issue of: A. what the value of the stream of future cash flows is today. B. why a dollar received tomorrow is worth more than a dollar received today. C. what the time required to double an amount of money. D. why people prefer to consume things at some time in the future rather than today.

QUESTION 2 The process of converting an amount given at the present time into a future value is called: A. annualizing. B. discounting. C. compounding. D. capital budgeting. 2 points

QUESTION 3 Juan Vinson is planning to buy a house in five years. He is looking to invest $25,000 today in an index mutual fund that will provide him a return of 12 percent annually. How much will he have at the end of five years? (Round to the nearest dollar.) A. $45,000 B. $28,000 C. $44,059 D. $28,530 2 points

QUESTION 4 Which of the following statements is true with respect to the present value of a future amount? A. The higher the discount rate, the higher the present value of a single sum for a given time period. B. The relation between present value and time is exponential. C. The greater the time period, the higher the present value of a single sum for a given interest rate. D. The lower the discount rate, the lower the present value of a single sum for a given time period. 2 points

QUESTION 5 Which of the following statements is true of the rule of 72? A. It can be used to determine the amount of time it takes to double an investment. B. It is fairly accurate for interest rates between 25 and 50 percent. C. It states that the time to double your money (TDM) approximately equals 72/i, where i represents the years it takes to double your investment. D. It can be used to estimate approximate compound interest earned for a period of 72 days. 2 points

QUESTION 6 The present value of future cash flows are computed by multiplying future value with the: A. discounting factor. B. compound factor. C. interest rate. D. number of periods. 2 points

QUESTION 7 The present value of multiple cash flows is: A. greater than the sum of the cash flows. B. equal to the sum of all the cash flows. C. less than the sum of the cash flows. D. higher or lower than the cash flows depending on the interest rate. 2 points

QUESTION 8 Cash flows associated with annuities are considered to be: A. an uneven cash flow stream. B. a constant cash flow stream. C. a mix of constant and uneven cash flow streams. D. a cash flow stream with decreasing trend. 2 points

QUESTION 9 The annuity transformation method is used to transform: A. a present value annuity to a future value annuity. B. a present value annuity to an annuity due. C. an ordinary annuity to an annuity due. D. a perpetuity to an annuity. 2 points

QUESTION 10 The true cost of borrowing is the: A. annual percentage rate. B. effective annual rate. C. quoted interest rate. D. periodic rate.

The payback method helps firms establish and identify a maximum acceptable payback period that helps in their capital budgeting decisions. Consider the case of Cute Camel Woodcraft Company: Cute Camel Woodcraft Company is a small firm, and several of its managers are worried about how soon the firm will be able to recover its initial investment from Project Alpha's expected future cash flows.

To answer this question, Cute Camel's CFO has asked that you compute the project's payback period using the following expected net cash flows and assuming that the cash flows are received evenly throughout each year. Complete the following table and compute the project's conventional payback period. For full credit, complete the entire table. Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 $5,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,400,000 Expected cash flow 6,000,000 Cumulative cash flow Conventional payback period:

Year	Cash flow	Cumulative cash flow
0	-6,000,000
1	2,400,000
2	5,100,000
3	2,100,000

The conventional payback period ignores the time value of money, and this concerns Cute Camel's CFO. He has now asked you to compute Alpha's discounted payback period, assuming the company has a 7% cost of capital. Complete the following table and perform any necessary calculations. Round the discounted cash flow values to the nearest whole dollar, and the discounted payback period to the nearest two decimal places. For full credit, complete the entire table.

Year	Discounted Cashflow	Cumulative discounted cash flow
1
2
3

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1.Which one of the following is NOT involved in the process of issuing new finanial securities?

a) Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

b) Investos in the secondary markets

c) underwriting investment bank or syndicate

d) The firm

2. Which of the following statement is FALSE?

a) Bank requires the possibility of atleast one outcome less favorable than the expected value

b) probability distribution is described by a list of favorable and unfavorable events and their likelihood

c) Preferred stocks are less risky than common stocks because prefferes dividends are generally fixed

d) Standard deviation is a measure of market risk and, therefore is useful in evaluating the risk of a portofolio

3. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?

a) future value of an investment increases as the number of compund periods per year increases.

b) if you only earned interest on your initial investment, and not onpreviously earned interest, it would be called simple interest

c) present value of a future cash flow increases as the rate of return increases

d) time value of money is the opportunity cost of passing up he earning potential of a dollar today

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of an annuity?

a) interest received on a bond

b) monthly payments paid on a car loan

c) mortgage payments on a fixed-rate mortgage

d) dividend on a commo stock

5. All of the following are financial assets EXCEPT___________

a) Bankerâs acceptance

b) Preferred stock

c) Mortgage back security

d) Brand name

6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a) The value of a firm depends o the cash flows is expected to generate in the future

b) Current cash is more valuable than cash in the future

c) All else equal, certain cash flows are preferred to uncertain cash flows

d) The primay goal of a publicly-owed corporation is to maaximize dividend payments.

7. All of the following are the primary tools of the Federal Reserve âmonetary policyâ EXCEPT

a) The income tax rate

b) Open market operations

c) The required reserves

d) The short-term interest rate

8.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of going public or an initial public offering(IPO)?

a) Establish value for firm

b) Possible loss of control

c) Ease of raising funds later

d) Diversification for owners

9. All of the following ae an example of a financial intermediary,EXCEPT____________

a) Associated Credit Union of Texas

b) Canada Pension Plan(CPP)

c) Morgan Stanley investment bank

d)American Funds New Perspective Fund

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