Deep mines has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a beta of 1.15 and a market price of $42 a share. there are 900,000 shares of 9 percent preferred stock outstanding valued at $80 a share. the 10 percent semiannual bonds have a face value of $1,000 and are selling at 91 percent of par. there are 220,000 bonds outstanding that mature in 17 years. the market risk premium is 11.5 percent, t-bills are yielding 7.5 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 32 percent. what discount rate should the firm apply to a new project's cash flows if the project has the same risk as the firm's typical project?

a. 14.59 percent
b. 14.72 percent
c. 15.17 percent
d. 15.54 percent
e. 16.91 percent

On january 1, 2018, johnstone leased an office building. terms of the lease require johnstone to make 15 annual lease payments of $134,000 beginning on january 1, 2018. a 10% interest rate is implicit in the lease agreement. at what amount should johnstone record the lease liability on january 1, 2018, before any lease payments are made?

You and your new australian bride matilda, are applying for a loan and are required to submit a balance sheet with your net worth. you own a 2008 toyota camry that you bought last month for $9,995. the kelly blue book value for this car is $13,995. you owe $8,150 on the car loan for the camry. you pay off your visa credit card every month and have not paid any credit card interest this year. the current visa credit card balance is $3,522, and the next statement is due in 15 days. you have a student loan balance of $6,500. you presently have $425 in your checking account and $1,540 in your savings account. you own 100 shares of ibm stock that you purchased for $85.50 per share. one share of ibm is now selling for $158.42. you own computers and other electronics that you purchased for $4,100 but could probably sell today on e-bay for $1,800. your gross income is $80,000 per year. what is your current net worth? (see wb ch. 2 example 2.3)

Carrie works at a canned food production factory. the government wanted to give a boost to the salt industry, so it lined up numerous subsidies and tax exemptions for the sector. this lead to a decrease in production costs. this also meant that consumers could access canned foods at a lower price, which lead to an increase in demand for the product. which kind of economic system is carrie’s company dealing with? carrie’s company is dealing with a/an economy.