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What is the break-even salvage value of this project



1. Break-even Salvage Value. A project in Malaysia costs $4,000,000. Over the next three years, the project will generate total operating cash flows of $3,500,000, measured in today- dollars using a
required rate of return of 14 percent. What is the break-even salvage value of this project?
2. Capital Budgeting Analysis. Zistine Co. considers a one-year project in New Zealand so that it
can capitalize on its technology. It is risk-averse, but is attracted to the project because of a
government guarantee. The project will generate a guaranteed NZ$8 million in revenue, paid by the New Zealand government at the end of the year. The payment by the New Zealand government is also guaranteed by a credible U.S. bank. The cash flows earned on the project will be converted to U.S. dollars and remitted to the parent in one year. The prevailing nominal oneyear
interest rate in New Zealand is 5% while the nominal one-year interest rate in the U.S. is 9%.
Zistine- chief executive officer believes that the movement in the New Zealand dollar is highly
uncertain over the next year, but his best guess is that the change in its value will be in accordance
with the international Fisher effect. He also believes that interest rate parity holds. He provides this information to three recent finance graduates that he just hired as managers and asks them for
their input.
a. The first manager states that due to the parity conditions, the feasibility of the project will be
the same whether the cash flows are hedged with a forward contract or are not hedged. Is this
manager correct? Explain.
b. The second manager states that the project should not be hedged. Based on the interest rates,
the IFE suggests that Zistine Co. will benefit from the future exchange rate movements, so the
project will generate a higher NPV if Zistine does not hedge. Is this manager correct? Explain.
c. The third manager states that the project should be hedged because the forward rate contains a
premium, and therefore the forward rate will generate more U.S. dollar cash flows than the expected amount of dollar cash flows if the firm remains unhedged. Is this manager correct?
Explain.



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