Return on investments (Continued)
average, see Average returns
calculating, 385–386
dollar, 382–384
percentage, 384–386
variability of, see Variability of
returns
Return on net worth, 71
Revenue
effects of credit policy on, 713
marginal, 359–360
Revenue anticipation notes
(RANs), 691
Revenue enhancement from
acquisitions, 850–851
marketing gains, 850
market power, 851
strategic benefits, 850–851
Reverse split, 629
Revolving credit agreement
(revolver), 659
Reward-to-risk ratio, 435
Rho, 824
Rights offer, 529, 546–554
cash study of, 551–552
effects on shareholders, 552–553
ex-rights date, 550
holder-of-record date, 550
mechanics of, 546–547
number of rights needed to purchase
a share, 547–548
puzzle of, 553–554
underwriting arrangements, 551
value of, 548–549
Risk. See also specific types of risk
call options and, 469–471
forecasting, 350–351
Risk and return, 415–442
announcements and news, 424–425
expected return and, 416–418,
423–424
market history and, see Capital
market history
portfolios and, see Portfolios
security market line and, see Security
market line (SML)
summary of, 441
surprises, 424–425
systematic component of, see
Systematic risk
unequal probabilities, 417–418, 419
unexpected return, 423–424
unsystematic component of, 425–426
variance calculation, 418–419
Risk-free return, 395
Risk management, 777–801
derivative securities and, 778
forward contracts, see Forward
contracts
futures contracts, see Futures
contracts
hedging, see Hedging
option contracts, see Option
contracts
reducing risk exposure, 783–786
risk profile and, 783
short-run, 784–785
swap contracts, see Swap contracts
Risk premium, 394–395, 415
beta coefficient and, see Beta
coefficient, risk premium and
market, 439
projected, 417
Risk profile, 783
illustrated, 784
payoff profile compared to, 788, 789
RJR Nabisco, 254, 257, 845
Robert Morris Associates, 77–79
Rolls-Royce PLC, 10
Round-lot trading unit, 628
Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 673
S
Safety reserves, lack of, 649
Safety stock, 731
illustrated, 732
Sale and leaseback, 876
Sales and credit
one-time sale, 719
repeat business, 719–720
Sales forecast, 99–100
Sales volume and operating cash flow,
364–365
Salomon Brothers, 552
Salvage value, 887
S&P, 691
Savings and Loan (S&L) industry,
780–781
Savings Bonds, 148–149, 220
Scenario analysis, 353–354
Schwinn, 144
S corporation, 9n
Sears, 13, 53, 157, 475
Seasoned equity offering (SEO), 531
Secondary markets, 18–19, 257
Secondary offering, 531n
Secured loans, 660–661
accounts receivable financing,
660–661
inventory loans, 661
Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), 18, 528, 557, 558
EDGAR reports, 31
Security market line (SML), 416,
433–442, 439
beta and the risk premium, 434–439
basic argument, 435–437
buy low, sell high, 438–439
fundamental result, 437–438
reward-to-risk ratio, 435
capital asset pricing model and,
439–441
cost of capital and, 442
cost of equity and, 497–499
market portfolios and, 439
market risk premium and, 439
Selling securities to the public,
528–531
costs of, see Flotation costs
dilution and, see Dilution
general cash offer, 529
initial public offering, see Initial
public offering (IPO)
prospectus, 528
red herring, 528
registration statement, 528–529
Regulation A, 528
rights offer, see Rights offer
seasoned equity offering, 531
shelf registration and, 558–559
summary of, 531
tombstone, 529, 530
underwriters and, see Underwriters
value of the firm and, 541–542
Sensitivity analysis, 354–355
Service leases, 875
7-Eleven, 23
Shareholders’ equity, see Owners’
equity
Shareholder value added (SVA), 509
Share rights plans (SRPs), 860–862
Shark repellent, 863
Shelf registration, 558–559
Shell UK Ltd., 10
Shortage costs, 649–651
economic order quantity and,
728–729, 730
inventory costs and, 725
Short-run exposure to exchange rate
risk, 766–767
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