Answer:
RE break point = $24500
Explanation:
21,000 net income
30% OF Earnings as dividends
21,000 x 30% = 6,300 dividends
Retained Earnings (assuming no previous beginning value)
21,000 - 6,300 = 14,700
RE break point = 14,700/0.6 = 24500
What does the $24,500 mean?
This mean that the company can raise financing for this ammount without changing their capital structure (60% equity 40% debt)
If the company wants to finance for more, it will need to raise new shares or chance their capital structure, and therefore the WACC will change
Answer:
Contraction cycle or Recession
Explanation:
The cyclical unemployment is due to the cycles of economy ( expantion:Grow and contraction: recession) Under these circumstances unemployment is considered normal as the economy cannot sustain itself always in an expansion cycle.
Answer: I) provides extra protection to bondholders as both an early warning system and perhaps some collateral cash
II) ) provides an option to the firm to buy bonds at the lower of market or face value.
Explanation:
A sinking fund is typically an amount of money that is being set aside by a company in order to either pay a bind or pay off a particular debt that the company has incurred.
The effect of the sinking bond on bondholders is that it provides extra protection to bondholders as both an early warning system and perhaps some collateral cash and tabt is also provides an option to the firm to buy bonds at the lower of market or face value.
Therefore, option I and II are correct.
