You decide to sell short 50 shares of Ford at $10 per share. The initial margin requirement is 50%. The maintenance margin is 40%. What is the minimum amount of cash that must be put into the brokerage account?

Kinkead inc. forecasts that its free cash flow in the coming year, i.e., at t = 1, will be −$10 million, but its fcf at t = 2 will be $20 million. after year 2, fcf is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. if the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Factors like the unemployment rate,the stock market,global trade,economic policy,and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. true or false