Revision Exams
Revision Exams
Revision Exams
REVISION QUESTIONS
a) An investment account earns 9% per annum over a period from 2000 to 2023, if
your grandmother had invested R4 000 on your behalf, how much would you have at
the end of 2023? Use Tables and round off to the nearest whole number.
e) Mrs. Quinn borrows R600 000, repayable over 6 years at 10% per annum with
annual compounding and equal annual payments, how much of the loan will be
outstanding after the end of the first year? Use formula method and round off to the
nearest whole number.
f) A 10-year old bond has a nominal value of R400 000 and a coupon rate of 5%. The
YTM is also 5%. Calculate the Present Value of the bond. Use the tables and show
all steps in your workings. Round off to the nearest whole number.
TUTORIAL 2: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Share N has a RN of 30%; s = 10% and Share Q has a RQ = 22% and s = 14%. The
covariance is 0,7%. The portfolio weightings for Share N is 60% and for Share Q is
40%.
REQUIRED
a) Calculate the Expected Return of the portfolio (round nearest whole number).
b) Determine the risk of the portfolio, by calculating the Variance s2 portfolio and the
standard deviation s of the portfolio (no rounding off necessary for the variance, the
std deviation must be rounded to 2 decimal places).
d) David wants to add shares in Solomon Limited to his portfolio. The company has a
beta of 0,5, the risk-free rate is 7%, and the return on the market is 12%. Determine
the expected return using CAPM.
R’s
Revenue 8 964 000
Cost of sales (4 680 000)
Profit before interest and tax 3 726 000
Finance costs (252 000)
Profit before taxation 3 474 000
Taxation expenses (1 042 200)
Profit for the year 2 431 800
R’s
Non-current assets ?
Property, Plant and Equipment 7 020 000
Current assets ?
Inventory 378 000
Trade receivables 324 000
Bank 162 000
Total Assets 7 884 000
Equity ?
Ordinary share capital 3 783 600
Retained earnings 3 096 000
Non-current liabilities ?
Long-term borrowings 540 000
Current liabilities ?
Trade payables 270 000
Current tax payable 82 800
Short-term borrowings 77 400
Shareholders for dividends 34 200
Total equity and liabilities 7 884 000
The price of each ordinary share at year-end was R10 and there were 200 000
shares in issue. The company taxation rate is 30%.
REQUIRED
a) Apply the Altman model using the above information (show all workings).
Note: round off to two decimal places
b) With reference the final calculation of the Z-score, comment on the company’s
financial standing.