Rate Of Return For Stocks And Bonds

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The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to calculate the rate of return of equity and debt instruments. It allows the student to understand the effects of dividends; capital gains; inflation rates; and how the nominal rate of return affects valuation and pricing. The assignment also allows the student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC, and Flotation Costs to understand the influence of debt and equity on the company’s capital structure. 

Assignment Steps

Calculate the following problems using Excel or Word : 

  1. Stock Valuation: A stock has an initial price of $100 per share, paid a dividend of $2.00 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $125. Compute the percentage total return, capital gains yield, and dividend yield.
  2. Total Return: You bought a share of 4% preferred stock for $100 last year. The market price for your stock is now $120. What was your total return for last year?
  3. CAPM: A stock has a beta of 1.20, the expected market rate of return is 12%, and a risk-free rate of 5 percent. What is the expected rate of return of the stock?
  4. WACC: The Corporation has a targeted capital structure of 80% common stock and 20% debt. The cost of equity is 12% and the cost of debt is 7%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
  5. Flotation Costs: Medina Corp. has a debt-equity ratio of .75. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $125 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 10%. The flotation cost on new debt is 4%. What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally?

Submit your summary and all calculations in Excel or Word. 

Mobile Device & Network Analysis

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  1. Discuss what type of evidence can be collected from and mobile device and the processes used to collect that evidence.
  2. There are many brands of mobile devices. Is there any difference in the way that evidence is collected from them? If so, please discus these difference.
  3. Describe and discuss and end-to-end network forensic analysis.

Minimum 250-300 words. 2 references. APA format. must me on your own words with no plagiarism. 

Need Today 3pm

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 Marketing has often been defined in terms of satisfying customers needs and wants. Critics, however, maintain that marketing goes beyond that and creates needs and wants that did not exist before. They feel marketers encourage consumers to spend more money than they should on goods and services they do not really need. With a minimum of 200 words; What is your understanding of the role of marketing and the marketing management process? 

Week 5 Discussion

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Innovation

Before beginning work on this week’s discussion forum, please review the link Doing Discussion Questions Right, the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this week’s topic.

For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.

Respond to the following questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the readings.

In the Supplemental Material below, read the case study “Apple Computer, Inc.: Maintaining the Music Business While Introducing iPhone and Apple TV.” 

Based on the information, evaluate the three basic approaches used by Apple to produce innovation. Be sure to support your views with research, rationale, and appropriate examples.

Your posting should be the equivalent of 1 to 2 single-spaced pages (5001000 words) in length.