02 Jan Based on the types of firms

EMBERY MBAA518 MODULE 1 DISCUSSION

1.7 – Discussion

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You have seen the word greed come up in the videos. You have seen Gordon Gekko explain the benefits of greed and Milton Friedman as well. Friedman makes you think about greed in ways you probably have not. Greed seems to come with a negative connotation but should it? So it is your chance to answer the question is “greed good”? Explain and provide an applicable example as part of your explanation.

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EMBERY MBAA518 MODULE 4 DISCUSSION

4.6 – Discussion

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P/E ratio is used regularly as a valuation metric and you will often hear it discussed in the business news media (i.e. CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, etc). You have just had the opportunity to apply P/E in a relatively easy assignment. Based on this assignment and other valuation techniques used in this class what do you think about the use of P/E? Easy? Good idea? Would you rely on it for your valuation purposes? Any other thoughts?

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EMBERY MBAA518 MODULE 6 DISCUSSION

6.5 – Discussion

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The supplemental materials describe the process of calculating WACC (PDF) and go on to apply the results to valuing a firm both unlevered (no debt) and levered (debt). The levered firm is shown to be more valuable. Two identical firms (see the supplemental materials) and the firm with debt is more highly valued. Does this make sense? Why or Why not? Why not use 100 percent debt financing if debt increases value?

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EMBERY MBAA518 MODULE 7 DISCUSSION

7.5 – Discussion

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In Activity 6.2.4 you were exposed to the Cost of Capital by Sector (Links to an external site.). One of the columns provides the percentage of debt financing by industry (D/(D+E)). There are several industries with low percentages of debt financing. Take a look and identify some with a low percentage of debt financing and do the same with firms that have a high percentage of debt financing (the average according to the data in the link is about 42 percent).

Note: Do not use the banking financial services industries.

Based on the types of firms that use a small amount of debt and those that use higher amounts of debt, what can you conclude? What is it about the firms that use low amounts of debt? More debt would lower their cost of capital so what is holding these firms back form taking on more debt? You need to think a little, do not simply say the firms with low debt are all in industry x or industries similar to x. That is obvious, what is the economic intuition? What is the story?

EMBERY MBAA518 MODULE 9 DISCUSSION

9.6 – Discussion

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Should firms hedge? A number of firms practice hedging and use derivatives to manage risk and change risk exposure. Some people argue firms should stick with their core business (i.e airlines should concentrate and on operating airlines). What do you think, should firms hedge? Why or why not?

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