Two Separate Firms Are Considering Investing in This Project

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Essay

Two separate firms are considering investing in this project.Firm unlevered plans to fund the entire $80,000 investment using equity,while firm levered plans to borrow $45,000 at the risk-free rate and use equity to finance the remainder of the initial investment.Calculate the risk premiums for both the levered and unlevered firm.

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Definitions:

Event-driven Funds

Investment funds that seek to exploit pricing inefficiencies that may occur before or after a particular corporate event.

Market-neutral Hedge Funds

Market-neutral hedge funds aim to achieve returns with minimal exposure to overall market risk by employing strategies that attempt to offset potential losses in the markets.

Volatile Returns

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Arbitrage Opportunity

A situation where a trader can make a profit from the price difference of an asset in different markets or forms without taking significant risk.