Market failure occurs when a free market is unable to A) distribute resources efficiently.
Answer:
Expected return on equity is 11.33%
Explanation:
Using Weighted Average Cost Capital without tax formula, overall rate of return is given by the formula:
WACC=(Ke*E/V)+(Kd*D/V)
Kd is the cost of debt at 6%
Ke is the cost of equity at 12%
D/E=1/2 which means debt is 1 and equity is 2
D/V=debt/debt+equity=1/1+2=1/3
E/V=equity/debt+equity=2/1+2=2/3
WACC=(12%*2/3)+(6%*1/3)
WACC=10%
If the firm reduces debt-equity ratio to 1/3,1 is for debt 3 is for equity
D/V=debt/debt+equity=1/1+3=1/4
E/V=equity/debt+equity=3/1+3=3/4
WACC=10%
10%=(Ke*3/4)+(6%*1/4)
10%=(Ke*3/4)+1.5%
10%-1.5%=Ke*3/4
8.5%=Ke*3/4
8.5%=3Ke/4
8.5%*4=3 Ke
34%=3 Ke
Ke=34%/3
Ke=11.33%
Answer:
True
Explanation:
The Security Exchange Act Rule 10b-5 says that the insider dealing is not allowed because it waives off the trust of the shareholders placed on the corporations. This means if their agents are not trustworthy then nobody is going to invest in the companies which means the corporations that are fulfilling needs of more than 50% of the world would have no existence in future because their is no one who is going to lend them money. So the act says that this insider dealing which enables the employees or directors of the company to gain undue advantage due to their access to management information is not allowed and is unethical stance of the agents.
Answer:
Not only does IAS 2 norm allow this, also US GAAP allows this. I believe that the reasoning behind that is the following:
Holding precious metals in inventory is actually considered an investment. Precious metals are commodities, and since they can be easily traded around the world, just having them increases a company's wealth. The revenue recognition principle (top of the inverted pyramid) applies here even to any individual that finds gold nuggets by accident in the country side (no need to be a mining business). The fact that you possess gold increases your personal assets and net wealth. The same applies to other precious metals. This happens because gold or other precious metals can be easily converted into cash (extremely liquid), e.g. this same individual can go to a local jewelry or or a pawn shop and sell the gold nuggets he found.
If finding a gold nugget increases an individual's net worth, then imagine what holding a ton of gold does to a company. What makes gold and silver so special is that they are accepted everywhere. Remember that until the early 1970s, the worlds' currencies were based on the price of gold (gold standard). Most central banks in the wold hold gold reserves and they also follow this same logic. Price of gold increases, the wealth of the nation increases.
