Answer:
He will forego 'job at a large well-established financial services company'
Explanation:
Pete's opportunity cost of 'joining band' is - 'job at huge financial service company'.
Opportunity cost is the cost of next best alternative foregone while choosing an alternative.
Eg: If I like rice & noodles, opportunity cost of eating rice is the other best option i.e noodles.
Similarly: Pete having 2 options of following Music or Finance; deciding to join band - has opportunity cost as the other option i.e 'job at huge financial service company'
Answer:
The number of new shares that will be issued is 3,000 shares.
Explanation:
A stock dividend can be desctibed as dividend that paid to shareholders in shares instead of paying it in cash to the shaeholders.
From the question, we are given the following:
Number of shares outstanding = 30,000
Planned stock dividend percentage = 10%
Therefore, the number of new shares that will be issued as stock dividend to the shareeholders of Storico can be calculated as follows:
Number of new shares to issue = Number of shares outstanding * Planned stock dividend percentage = 30,000 * 10% = 3,000
Therefore, the number of new shares that will be issued is 3,000 shares.
Answer:
rE= 0.163333 or 16.3333% rounded off to 16.33%
Explanation:
The WACC or weighted average cost of capital is the cost of a firm's capital structure which can contain one or more of the following components namely debt, preferred stock and common equity. The formula to calculate WACC of a firm with only two components including debt and equity is as follows,
WACC = wD * rD * (1 - tax rate) + wE * rE
Where,
- wD and wE represents the weight of debt and common equity respectively.
- rD and rE represents the cost of debt and common equity respectively.
- We take after tax cost of debt (1 - tax rate)
To calculate the cost of equity, we can plug in the values of remaining variables as given in the question in the above formula,
0.122= 0.4 * 0.08 * (1 - 0.25) + 0.6 * rE
0.122 = 0.024 + 0.6 * rE
0.122 - 0.024 = 0.6 * rE
rE = 0.098 / 0.6
rE= 0.163333 or 16.3333% rounded off to 16.33%
Answer: A target price for farm crops is an example of price floor because it’s fixed ahead of harvests with the interest of farmers in mind.
Explanation: A quick definition of both concepts would be of help. A price floor is usually fixed by government legislation and it ensures that the price of a commodity or service does not fall below a certain minimum. In the case of farm crops, a floor price makes sure that the farmers are guaranteed a level of profit in case there is poor harvest for any reason whatsoever. The price floor must be fixed above the equilibrium price for this to be effective.
A target price is an expectation of the future price of commodities or services, and hence prices are fixed ahead of the harvest in the case of farm crops. This is so because as explained earlier, future conditions might change and become unfavorable, therefore making the current market price unprofitable for farmers. If for example, a sack of potatoes currently sells for $30, the government may fix the price floor ahead of the harvest season at $45 per sack. This implies that after harvesting farmers can still sell at $30. However if the harvest turns out to be bad perhaps due to natural disasters, pests or fungal attacks, etc, then the farmers can go ahead and sell at $45 and possibly higher. No farmer is allowed to sell below $45 (since that is the ‘floor’). That way, farmers would still have some profit guaranteed and would be encouraged to remain in the farming business.