You are given the following information on Parrothead Enterprises: Debt:
8,500 7.1 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with 24 years to maturity and a quoted price of 106.75. These bonds pay interest semiannually and have a par value of $2,000.

Common stock:
280,000 shares of common stock selling for $65.60 per share. The stock has a beta of 1.06 and will pay a dividend of $3.80 next year. The dividend is expected to grow by 5.1 percent per year indefinitely.

Preferred stock:
9,100 shares of 4.55 percent preferred stock selling at $95.10 per share. The par value is $100 per share.

Market:
10.9 percent expected return, risk-free rate of 4.15 percent, and a 21 percent tax rate.

Required:
Calculate the company's WACC.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?

Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. in this case, the country that produces jeans will produce million pairs per week, and the country that produces corn will produce million bushels per week.