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A. Suppose the company is considering a potential investment project to add to its portfolio. Calculate the following items: Before Home Depot calculates the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), terminal value (TV), and modified internal rate of return (MIRR) of its newest potential investment project, the company must first calculate its free cash flows. The calculation begins by subtracting the operating costs and the 20% depreciation expenses from the cash flows…

You're only living in the present moment. Nowadays, people seems to be more preoccupied and distracted with what's happening around us, rather that what's happening in front of us. This is somehow because of the rapid increase of distractions available in our current generation. This millennial generation are indispensably obsessed with social media. More often than not, we tend to dwell on it too much that sometimes we forget to be here in the moment. Honestly, sometimes, i am guilty of this…

Films that we watch and enjoy present racism that is subtle and strategically positioned that allows audiences to believe there is no racial aspects that affect blacks and whites from having a relationship. This hegemonic idea allows audience to enjoy racists films, with some extremely degrading ideas flying over their heads. Lee Antz presented some great insight on black and white buddy films in “Hegemony in Black and White: Interracial Buddy Films and the New Racism" and their attempt to…

Africa: How History Can Affect the Present Did you know that the average person in the United States needs to make $35,000 a year? Unfortunately, the majority of African citizens only make $1,800 a year! There has to be a reason behind Africa's severe underdevelopment. I think Africa's history had a big impact on its current development because the Slave Trade, the Scramble for Africa, and the Apartheid are all examples of Europe taking over Africa each of these events weakened Africa greatly.…

iconic authors in history, and he is arguably one of the best horror authors of all time. His thriller and horror stories are the favorites of many readers for the exploration of mature themes and his dark and brooding themes. One of the mature themes present in many of his stories is death. Death is a highly intriguing and versatile theme in writing, and especially so in horror. The versatility of death can be contributed to many different ways it can be depicted and interpreted within stories.…

Northrop National Bank is simply offering Cartwright a most extraordinary credit augmentation of $250,000 and Cartwright is at present using $247,000 of the available credit. Frankly, the association is simply inside its confinements in perspective of the extended reliance on trade credit through their suppliers. Mr. Cartwright hysterically needs access to more open financing, and…

The Safe rate of 2.58 percent is the 20-year treasury bond rate as of November 24, 2017. The equity risk premium of 5.5 percent is recommended by KPMG as of September 30, 2017 (Weimar et al. 2017, p. 1). The size premium of 11.63 percent is per the Duff & Phelps Valuation Handbook (the successor to Ibbotson) for the 10z decile, which is closest to our company’s market capitalization/valuation (Grabowski 2017, p. 19). The specific company risk of 2.94 percent is per the Highland Global formula…

projected cash flow to the present value for infinite period of life. The forecasted free cash flows (FCF) that contain the economic benefits and major costs of the firm to develop. The terminal value is calculated at the time of liquidation and ceases the business that provides the fair value to firm at fix time period of 5 to 10 years. It was assumed that the expected rate of return was exceeding than required rate and company has enjoyed the benefit of growth. The net present value measures…

hurdle rate for the IRR. The firm should accept the project because it has a positive NPV. However, the discounted payback method is inconsistent with shareholder wealth maximization because the method ignores some cash flows that contribute to the present value of investment. What are two reasons for the superiority of the NPV method in evaluating capital investment projects?…

the beginning we will present some general information regarding investment and motives, S&P market, the price and the factors which determine it and characteristics of investment in ships. Secondly, we will make a presentation/comparison of advantages and disadvantages of investing in new-buildings or second- hand vessels and present extensively the Panamax bulk carrier market. Then we will analyze the most important factor regarding an S&P, i.e. the timing and we will present the risks…