Altoona Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has three divisions. ATI has a desired rate of return of 12.5 percent. The operating assets and income for each division are as follows: Divisions Operating Assets Operating Income Printer $ 540,000 $ 96,000 Copier 810,000 90,000 Fax 360,000 54,000 Total $ 1,710,000 $ 240,000 ATI headquarters has $120,000 of additional cash to invest in one of its divisions. The division managers have identified investment opportunities that are expected to yield the following ROIs: Expected ROIs for Divisions Additional Investments Printer 14.0 % Copier 13.0 % Fax 12.0 % Required a-1. Calculate the ROI for each division. a-2. Which division manager is currently producing the highest ROI? b. Based on ROI, which division manager would be most eager to accept the $120,000 of investment funds? c. Based on ROI, which division manager would be least likely to accept the $120,000 of investment funds? d. Which division offers the best investment opportunity for ATI? g. Calculate the residual income: (1) At the corporate (headquarters) level before the additional investment. (2) At the division level before the additional investment. (3) At the investment level.

Your goal is to have $2,000,000. you have a total of $40,000 today. you invest the $40,000 and want to add to it each month. at 10% annual interest, how much do you need to invest each month in order to bring the total up to $2,000,000 30 years from now?

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable