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You want a seat on the board of directors of Zeph, Incorporated. The company has 205,000 shares of stock outstanding and the stock sells for $78 per share. There are currently 5 seats up for election. If the company uses cumulative voting, how much will it cost you to guarantee that you will be elected to the board?

Coulter Supply has a total debt ratio of .46. What is the equity multiplier?

Sweet Sue Foods has bonds outstanding with a coupon rate of 5.26 percent paid semiannually and sell for $2,133.14. The bonds have a par value of $2,000 and 17 years to maturity. What is the current yield for these bonds?

A newly issued bond has a coupon rate of 5 percent and semiannual interest payments. The bonds are currently priced at par. The effective annual rate provided by these bonds must be:

Your insurance agent is trying to sell you an annuity that costs $50,000 today. By buying this annuity, your agent promises that you will receive payments of $250 a month for the next 20 years. What is the rate of return on this investment?

What is the future value of $1,575 deposited at the end of each year for 25 years? Assume an interest rate of 6.3 percent compounded annually.

A firm has total assets with a current book value of $71,600, a current market value of $82,300, and a current replacement cost of $90,400. What is the value of Tobin’s Q?

U. S. Treasury bonds:

You want to have$3.15 million when you retire in 35 years. You feel that you can save $775 per month until you retire. What APR do you have to earn in order to achieve your goal?

You just settled an insurance claim that calls for increasing payments over a 10-year period. The first payment will be paid one year from now in the amount of $5,000. The following payments will increase by 3.5 percent annually. What is the value of this settlement to you today if you can earn 6.5 percent on your investments?