Q#2 (chapter 9). a diversified company has decided to use its overall firm wacc as a performance benchmark for rating its divisional managers and to decide whether new projects from its three divisions should be funded for investment capital. the firm wacc is 12%. the divisional waccs for its high risk, average risk, and low risk divisions are 16%, 11.9%, and 8%, respectively. explain the pros and cons of using the firm wacc in evaluating its divisional managers and projects. remember that wacc can be interpreted as a hurdle rate or the minimum acceptable return. limit your answers to 10 sentences.

Pros: Use of singe hurdle rate saves time in the evaluation of projects which results in prompt decision making.

Cons: Company may reject good projects and accept bad ones due to the assumptions underlying WACC use in capital budgeting.

Explanation:

Pros of using WACC: The use of WACC implies that the company  uses a single hurdle rate  for all projects, which simplifies the decision making and saves  time when evaluating projects

Cons of using WACC: Use of WACC assumes that  there is no change in capital structure i.e all projects are financed in exactly the same way and all projects have the same risk . These assumptions  may lead to the company rejecting good projects  and accepting bad ones. For example the company may accept a high risk project with a return of 14% when the minimum return that should be accepted according to the high risk divisional WACC is 16%. Likewise, the company may reject a low risk project with a return of 11%, when it is in fact a good project whose minimum return should be 8% as per the low risk divisional WACC.

answer: b) the us is the leading importer but not the leading exporter.

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the u.s is the largest importer but it is not the largest exporter as china sits on the top of the table when it comes to leading exporters.

but u.s is not far from first,

they rank in 2nd globally as the worlds largest exporter.

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