This is for a finance project for the company Microsoft: Dividend and Capital St

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This is for a finance project for the company Microsoft:

Dividend and Capital Structure:

a) Analyze the current dividend policy of your company. If it doesn't pay a dividend, should it?

b) Analyze the target capital structure of your company including bank loans, leases, and other financial securities issued in addition to preferred stock, common stock, and debt. Why do you think it maintains the capital structure it does? Do you think it is an optimal capital structure? If not, what do you think would be? Justify your answer.

c) Does your company have a substantial degree of informational asymmetry (assets which are hard for outsiders to value)? Do you think this affects the capital structure of your company?

MERGER and INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY:

Describe and evaluate the merger and acquisition strategy and the international expansion strategy for your company.

Explanation / Answer

a) here is the policy details : http://news.morningstar.com/USPNet/LandingPage.aspx?authorid=1358

and here is the analysis concept : http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/dividendsdrips1/a/why-stocks-without-dividends-can-still-be-a-good-investment.htm

MERGER and INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY :

https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjAA&url=http://hj.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:3840/FULLTEXT01&ei=oiVyUab0E82zrAfgsIEw&usg=AFQjCNFvGXBib3cA2ucN4BxFcWvm_am2Yg&bvm=bv.45512109,d.bmk

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