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You are fairly cautious when analyzing new projects; therefore, in your pro forma analysis, you determine the most optimistic, the most realistic, and the most pessimistic outcomes that can reasonably be expected. Which type of analysis are you using?

Three Corners Markets just paid an annual dividend of $1.42 a share last month. Today, the company announced that future dividends will be increasing by 1.3 percent annually. If you require a return of 14.6 percent, how much are you willing to pay to purchase one share of this stock today? You may use the following Excel workbook for your calculations. Any work in Excel or on scrap paper does not have to be submitted. Blank Workbook.xlsx

The difference between a company’s future cash flows if it accepts a project and a company’s future cash flows if it does not accept the project is referred to as the project’s:

This question requires uploaded work.  You will upload the work for this question after completing the test to the assignment in Canvas called “Test 2 Uploaded Work”.   Find the derivative of 

Which one of the following costs was incurred in the past, cannot be recouped, and will not be included in the analysis of a new project?

Consider a project with an initial asset cost of $168,000. Assume straight-line depreciation to zero over seven years. At the end of the project’s four-year life the asset can be sold for $95,000. What is the aftertax salvage value if the project is sold after four years? Use a tax rate of 24 percent. You may use the following Excel workbook for your calculations. Any work in Excel or on scrap paper does not have to be submitted. Blank Workbook.xlsx

Which of these is not considered a class of stock?

The risk-free rate of return is 2.7 percent and the market risk premium is 6.9 percent. General Motors has a beta of 1.08, calculate its cost of equity. You may use the following Excel workbook for your calculations. Any work in Excel or on paper does not have to be submitted. Blank Workbook.xlsx

This question requires uploaded work.  You will upload the work for this question after completing the test to the assignment in Canvas called “Test 2 Uploaded Work”.   Find the derivative of

A person who maintains an inventory from which he or she buys and sells securities is called a ____________.