Smith and Sons Inc. has a target capital structure that calls for 40 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. The firm's current after-tax cost of debt is 6 percent, and it can sell as much debt as it wishes at this rate. The firm's cost of preferred stock is 11 percent and its cost of retained earnings is 14 percent. The firm expects to generate $15,000 in retained earnings this year. Compute the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) break point associated with issuing new common stock

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).

How did the change in textile production affect employment in spinning and weaving for adults and children?

Global tek plans on increasing its annual dividend by 15 percent a year for the next four years and then decreasing the growth rate to 2.5 percent per year. the company just paid its annual dividend in the amount of $.20 per share. what is the current value of one share of this stock if the required rate of return is 17.4 percent? $1.82 $218 $2.03 $2.71 $3.05