Answer:
a) 9.00 %
b) 7.80 %
c) yes the weight of the debt increases here is more risk in the investment as the debt payment are mandatory and failing to do so result in bankruptcy while the stock can wait to receive dividends if the income statement are good enough
d) 9.00 %
e) The increase in debt may lñead to an increase in return of the stockholders if they consider the stock riskier than before and will raise their return until the WACC equalize at the initial point beforethe trade-off occurs
Explanation:
a)
Ke 0.12
Equity weight 0.5
Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06
Debt Weight = 0.5
WACC 9.00000%
c)
Ke 0.12
Equity weight 0.3
Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06
Debt Weight 0.7
WACC 7.80000%
d)
<em>Ke 0.16</em>
Equity weight 0.3
Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06
Debt Weight 0.7
WACC 9.00000%
Answer:
Jennifer is losing purchasing power by 2%.
Explanation:
An increase in prices indicates a decrease in the purchasing power of the consumers. An increase in income means an increase in the purchasing power of the consumers.
A 5% raise means that Jennifer's income will increase by 5% and so will her purchasing power. But at the same time, a price rise by 7% means that her purchasing power will decrease by 7%.
This means that overall her purchasing power will decrease by 2%.
Answer: They are both right.
Explanation:
Firms in every market will always maximise profit where their Marginal Revenue equals Marginal Cost because at this point, resources are being fully utilized. This is therefore no different in a Perfectly competitive market so Skip is correct.
Peggy is also correct however because in a Perfectly Competitive market, the demand curve is perfectly elastic. This creates a situation where the Price, Marginal Revenue and Average Revenue are all the same and represent the demand curve as well.
With the Price being the same as the Marginal Revenue in a Perfectly competitive firm, that means that where the Price equals Marginal Cost is where the Marginal Revenue equals Marginal Cost as well so indeed perfectly competitive firms maximize profit where price equals marginal cost.
