Oval Inc. just paid a dividend equal to $1.50 per share on its common stock, and it expects this dividend to grow by 4 percent per year indefinitely. The firm plans to issue common stock, which has a $16 per share market price, to raise funds to support operations. Oval's investment bankers estimate that the flotation costs for new issues of common stock will be equal to 8 percent of the issue (market) price. What is Oval's cost of new common equity, re?a.13.38%b.10.60%c.8.76%d.18.55%e .14.60%

e. 14.60%

Explanation:

The computation of Oval's cost of new common equity is shown below:-

Price of stock = Estimated dividends for next period ÷ (Required rate of return - Growth rate)

Dividend =  $1.50 × (1 + 4%)

= $1.56

Price of stock would be the price net of flotation cost

= $16 × (1 - 8%)

= $14.72

Required rate of return

= (1.56 ÷ 14.72) + 0.04

= 14.60%

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henry is an economist and wants to understand the relationship between inflation and consumer spending habits. for his research, he needs the consumer price index for 2014 and the inflation rate. based on the prices of goods given, what will he find to be the cpi and inflation rate for 2014? assume that a consumer’s basket for three consecutive years consists of the following:

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