Hard Principles of Finance Practice Questions

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  1. If the WACC is 10%, what is the NPV of the project, accounting for the depreciation tax shield?
  2. If the continuously compounded risk-free rate is 4% and no dividends are expected, what is the theoretical pri
  3. Which of the following is a key characteristic of the 'Kyle Model' of informed trading in market microstructur
  4. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton model, where d_1 = -0.0744, d_2 = -0.2512, N(d_1) = 0.4704, and N(d_2) = 0.4009
  5. If the market yield suddenly increases by 100 basis points, what is the approximate percentage change in the b
  6. Using the Treasury Stock Method, what is the firm's diluted share count?
  7. How is the difference in spreads settled at the start of the contract?
  8. A firm projects that a merger will generate $100M in annual… — If the firm applies a 10x EBITDA multiple to th
  9. If the firm targets a new capital structure with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, what will be its new levered
  10. What is the risk-neutral probability (p) of an upward move?
  11. In the context of capital budgeting, if two projects are mutually exclusive and have different lives, which me
  12. Which of the following statements about the 5-year principal strip is true compared to the original coupon bon
  13. If the market premium is 6%, the SMB premium is 2%, and the HML premium is 4%, what is the expected excess ret
  14. If the WACC is 8%, what is the total Enterprise Value (EV)?
  15. If the market risk premium is 6%, the SMB premium is 2%, the HML premium is 3%, and the risk-free rate is 4%
  16. An investor views a volatility smile in the S&P 500 index op… — This 'skew' most directly contradicts which as
  17. Using the 5-way DuPont Decomposition, which component reflects the 'Interest Burden'?
  18. According to put-call parity, what should the arbitrageur do?
  19. If the risk-free rate is 3%, the market risk premium is 6%, the SMB premium is 2%, and the HML premium is 4%
  20. What is the bond-equivalent yield (BEY)?
  21. What is the fair forward price?
  22. Using the binomial model, what is the current value of the call option?
  23. An investor calculates the Value at Risk (VaR) for a portfol… — If the daily 1% VaR is $2.5 million, what does
  24. What is its Tier 1 Capital Ratio, and is it above the Basel III minimum of 6.0%?
  25. If the target has 10 million shares outstanding, what is the implied equity value per share using the median m
  26. Using the Fisher equation, what is the exact real required rate of return?
  27. What is the firm's equity multiplier?
  28. If the current market yield for similar risk bonds is exactly 6%, what is the current market price of the bond
  29. Using the Brinson-Fachler decomposition for Quarter 1, calculate the total active return. Benchmark: Equity 70
  30. A stock is expected to pay a $2.00 dividend next year, and dividends are projected to grow at a constant rate

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