Insufficient working capital may result in which combination of the following?
I. Failures to adapt to changes.
II. Enhancement in credit-worthiness of the firm.
III. Reduced availability of trade and cash discounts.
IV. Reduced volume of sales.
Assertion (A): The weighted average cost of capital should be used as a hurdle rate for accepting or rejecting a capital budgeting proposal. Reason (R): By financing in the proportions specified and accepting the project, yielding more than the weighted average required return, the firm is able to increase the market price of its stock.
Which of the following statements are false?
1. Share capital issued by a company for the first time is known as venture capital.
2. All venture capital funds in India are promoted by the government.
3. In addition to capital, venture capitalists provide managerial and technical support to the assisted firms.
4. The benefits of venture capital financing can be realizedin long-run only.
Consider the following statements.
1. Payback period method measures the true profitability of a project.
2. Capital rationing and capital budgeting mean the same thing.
3. Internal rate of return and time adjusted rate of return mean the same thing.
4. Rate of return method takes into account the time value of money.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Which of the following are the main benefits to originators in the context of asset-based securitization?
(i) Securitization improves returns on capital.
(ii) Securitization lowers the borrowing costs.
(iii) Securitization releases additional capital for expansion.
(iv) Securitization improves asset or liability.
(v) Securitization improves credit risk management.
Arbitrage pricing theory may be more suitable for a company since it is based on the assumption that returns are determined by a number of factors to which a particular risk premium is attached. These factors are
The Board of Directors announces the amount and date of the next dividend on the . . . . . . . . date; while the . . . . . . . . date is the first date on which the purchaser of a stock is no longer entitled to the recently declared dividend.