102M in preferred stock, $85M in book value of common stock, and $120M in debt selling at 96.7%. The common stock has a market to book ratio of 1.75, a yield to maturity on its debt of 5.4%, and a return on its preferred stock of 9.45%. The company is sitting in the 18% tax bracket, has a beta of 1.25 on its common stock, the market return is 15% and the risk free rate is 3.24%. What is the Cost of Preferred Stock

Match the given situations to the type of risks that a business may face while taking credit. 1. beta ltd. had taken a loan from a bank for a period of 15 years, but its sales are gradually showing a decline. 2. alpha ltd. has taken a loan for increasing its production and sales, but it has not conducted any research before making this decision. 3. delphi ltd. has an overseas client. the economy of the client’s country is going through severe recession. 4. delphi ltd. has taken a short-term loan from the bank, but its supply chain logistics are not in place. a. foreign exchange risk b. operational risk c. term of loan risk d. revenue projections risk

Why should managers invest any excess cash

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.