The market rate of return is 12.65 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.1 percent. Galaxy Co. has 15 percent more systematic risk than the overall market and has a dividend growth rate of 3.75 percent. The firm's stock is currently selling for $53 a share and has a dividend yield of 4.53 percent. What is the firm's average cost of equity

As a finance manager at allsports communication, charlie worries about the firm's borrowing requirements for the upcoming year. he knows the benefit of estimating allsports' cash disbursements and short-term investment expectations. facing these concerns, a(n) would provide charlie with valuable information by providing a good estimation of whether the firm will need to do short-term borrowing. capital budget cash budget operating budget line item budget

If the economy were in the contracting phase of the business cycle, how might that affect your ability to find work?

Dr. sperry, a biologist, is using excel to track growth rates of different populations of bacteria. she has a very complex formula in one cell. it begins with “round”. dr. sperry would like to see exactly how excel’s calculation reached the final rounded value that she sees in the cell. what could dr. sperry do to best understand how the calculation was made? try different formulas on her own until she reaches the value shown in excel click on the evaluate formula button in the formulas tab and then click “step in” select the cell and then look at the formula in the formula field of the ribbon remove “round” from the formula in order to see the actual value before rounding