Rankin pharmaceutical company maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.65 and has a tax rate of 32 percent. the firm does not issue preferred stock. the pre-tax cost of debt is 9.8 percent. there are 25,000 shares of stock outstanding with a beta of 1.2 and a market price of $19 a share. the current market risk premium is 8.5 percent and the current risk-free rate is 3.6 percent. this year, the firm paid an annual dividend of $1.10 a share and expects to increase that amount by 2 percent each year. using an average expected cost of equity, what is the weighted average cost of capital?

Renaldo scanlon is a financial consultant. he earns $30 per hour and works 32.5 hours a week. what is his straight-time pay?

1) u.s. real gdp is substantially higher today than it was 60 years ago. what does this tell us, and what does it not tell us, about the well-being of u.s. residents? what are the limitations of the gdp as a measure of economic well-being? given the limitations, why is gdp usually regarded as the best single measure of a society’s economic well-being? 2) what is an intermediate good? how does an intermediate good differ from a final good? explain why it is the case that the value of intermediate goods produced and sold during the year is not included directly as part of gdp, but the value of intermediate goods produced and not sold is included directly as part of gdp.

Which of the following has the largest impact on opportunity cost