Bonds issued by XYZ have a par value of $1000, were priced at $1,220.00 six months ago, and are priced at $1,140.00 today. The bonds pay semi-annual coupons and just made a coupon payment. If the bonds had a percentage return over the past 6 months (from 6 months ago to today) of -2.10%, then what is the current yield of the bonds today

Brandon, a manager at fairpro technologies corp., is required to provide individual performance feedback to his subordinates. in this scenario, the communication between brandon and his subordinates is at a(n) level

True or false: banks are required to make electronically deposited funds available on the same day of the deposit

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine