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CJ Co. stock has a beta of 0.9, the current risk-free rate is 5.6, and the expected return on the market is 13 percent. What is CJ Co’s cost of equity?

BOGO Shoes would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $100,000, but expects the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $7,000; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 6.5 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $175 per transaction. What will be their optimal cash return point?

Happy Feet would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $75,000, but expects the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $5,000; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 7 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $150 per transaction. What will be their optimal upper cash limit?

IVY has preferred stock selling for 98 percent of par that pays a 7 percent annual coupon. What would be IVY’s component cost of preferred stock?

Equipment was purchased for $50,000 plus $2,500 in freight charges. Installation costs were $1,500 and sales tax totaled $1,000. Hiring a special consultant to provide advice during the selection of the equipment cost $3,000. What is this asset’s depreciable basis?

Solar Shades has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding, 4 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $13 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $30 per share, and the bonds are selling for 105 percent of par, what would be the weight used for equity in the computation of Solar Shades’ WACC?

TellAll has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 20 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 100 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $32 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $20 per share, and the bonds are selling for 106 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of TellAll’s WACC?

Suppose that LilyMac Photography has annual sales of $218,000, cost of goods sold of $123,000, average inventories of $1,250, and average accounts receivable of $22,000. Assuming that all of LilyMac’s sales are on credit, what will be the firm’s operating cycle?

Which of the following is defined as the cost or forgone opportunity of using an asset already in use by the firm, or a person already employed by the firm, in a new project?

Paper Exchange has 80 million shares of common stock outstanding, 60 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 50 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $20 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $10 per share, and the bonds are selling for 105 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of Paper’s WACC?