Houston Fashions is considering a new product line that would require an investment of $ 140,000 in fixtures and displays and $ 180,000 in working capital. Store managers expect the following pattern of net cash inflows from the new product line over the life of the investment. Year Amount
1 $70,000
2 78,000
3 72,000
4 56,000
5 50,000
6 48,000
7 44,000
a. Compute the payback period for the proposed new product line. Houston Fashions requires a four- year pre-tax payback period on its investments. (Round to one decimal point.) Should the company make this investment? Explain.
b. Should Houston Fashions use any other capital project evaluation method(s) before making an investment decision? Explain.

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be:

Consider the following condensed financial statements of money freedom comma inc. the company's target rate of return is 30%: (click the icon to view the comparative balance sheet.) (click the icon to view the income statement.) requirements 1. calculate the company's roi. round all of your answers to four decimal places. 2. calculate the company's profit margin ratio. interpret your results. 3. calculate the company's asset turnover ratio. interpret your results. 4. use the expanded roi formula to confirm your results from requirement 1. interpret your results. 5. calculate the company's ri. interpret your results. requirement 1. calculate the company's roi. round all of your answers to four decimal places. begin by selecting the formula to calculate return on investment (roi), and then enter the amounts to calculate the company's roi. (round your calculations to four decimal places and enter your answer as a percent, x.xx%)