Reading 74: Alternative Investments-LOS h 习题精选 2011, net, investing, investor, possible

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Session 18: Alternative Investments
Reading 74: Alternative Investments

LOS h: Calculate the net present value (NPV) of a venture capital project, given the project's possible payoff and conditional failure probabilities.

 

 

An investor is considering investing in a venture capital project that will have a large payoff at exit, which is estimated to occur in four years. The investor realizes that the risk of failure is high, given the following estimated probabilities:

Year	1	2	3	4
Failure Probability	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.25

The probability that the project will survive to the end of the fourth year is:

A) 25.00%.

B) 27.22%.

C) 27.75%.

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The probability is calculated as: (1 ? 0.30) × (1 ? 0.28) × (1 ? 0.28) × (1 ? 0.25) = 0.2722 or 27.22%

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Which of the following statements regarding venture capital theory is CORRECT?

A) A venture capital project’s expected NPV is a probability-weighted average of the two possible outcomes: success and failure.

B) The probability of failure for a venture capital project will diminish over time.

C) The net present value of a venture capital project that fails is zero.

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The net present value of a venture capital project that fails is almost certainly less than zero. The probability of failure may or may not diminish over time, depending on the project. The expected NPV is a probability-weighted average of the two possible outcomes: success or failure.

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A portfolio manager is analyzing a $2,000,000 venture capital investment. If the project succeeds until the end of the sixth year, the net present value (NPV) of the project is $6,587,000. The project has a 32.69 percent probability of surviving to the end of the sixth year. The expected NPV of the project is:

A) $807,090.

B) $6,587,000.

C) $2,153,290.

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The project’s expected NPV is a probability-weighted average of the two possible outcomes: $6,587,000 if it is successful or the loss of the initial $2,000,000 investment if it fails. The expected NPV for the project is: (0.3269 × 6,587,000) + (0.6731 × -$2,000,000) = $807,090

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