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1. Finance Midterm Study
Question | Answer |
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Explain IRR | The interest rate that sets the net present value of the cash flows equal to zero. |
Retention Rate | The fraction of a firm's current earning that the firm retains. 1-dividend rate. % of earnings that a firm chooses to grow and not give to its shareholders via dividends. Div rate=1-retention. |
Treasury Yield Curve | Risk-free rate of return for treasury bonds. Diminishing returns as time goes on. |
Bond Price/Yield Relationship | The discounting of future cash flows. A higher yield means that the future cash flows discount at a higher rate and it yields a lower present value (price) to get the same face value. |
NPV>0 | Go ahead with purchase bc it's adding value. The NPV>0 means the project is earning more than the rate of 17%. 17% is the measure of the opportunity cost of investing in other projects of similar risk. |
Dividend Yield | Dividend payment/share price |
Identifying Discount/Premium | We know bond will sell at a discount bc it has a coupon rate of 7% when the market requires 8%. |