Answer:
Before-tax cost of debt ⇒ A. The interest rate the firm must pay on new long-term borrowing.
This refers to the interest rate that a firm will pay on long term borrowing as compensation to the lenders for lending the company some funds.
Cost of preferred stock ⇒ C. rate of return investors require based on the preferred stock dividend.
The cost of the preferred stock is the rate of the preferred dividend that investors require they are paid every year if dividends can be paid and sometimes even when it cannot.
Cost of Common Stock ⇒ B. the rate of return on retained earnings, and adjusted for flotation costs .
Commons stock costs is the required return on the retained earnings of a company.
WACC ⇒ D. the average cost of raising new financing.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) represents the total cost of raising capital for the company as it incorporates the costs of debt, preferred stock and common stock.
Answer:
The bond that should pay the highest interest rate is:
d. a bond issued by a new restaurant chain.
Explanation:
This is based on the fact that the new restaurant chain is untested, has higher risk profile and the bondholders are assuming higher risks, and the bond cannot be compared to the bonds issued by the US government, New York State, and General Motors, in that order. The new restaurant chain will be offering a higher rate of return than others because it is new to the bond market and would like to attract potential bond investors. Without the higher rate, therefore, it will not be successful in the bond issuance.
Obligation is a condition of being linked in a relationship. We are all obligated to maintain the earth so it will sustain us because we all live on it
AP courses are part of the College Board organization that requires students to take a rigorous test at the end of the course to potentially earn college credit. A dual credit course on the other hand is an official course at Loyola University Chicago.
Answer: If the fee has not been paid by the end of the accounting period and no adjusting entry is made, this would cause: "d. revenues to be understated.".
Explanation: The income would be underestimated because the income of $2120 that corresponds to the service provided in the accounting period, must be recognized in the accounting period in which the economic events occur regardless of when the income of the funds occurs (accrual principle).
