"A customer is long 1,000 shares of ABCD stock. It is now September and the customer is worried that the price of ABCD may decline, but does not want to sell the stock until the end of this year. She is very cost-conscious and wants a strategy to protect the stock from a falling market at minimal cost. You should recommend that she:"

Western electric has 32,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $79 and a rate of return of 13.00 percent. the firm has 7,300 shares of 7.80 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $95.00 per share. the preferred stock has a par value of $100. the outstanding debt has a total face value of $404,000 and currently sells for 111 percent of face. the yield to maturity on the debt is 8.08 percent. what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 39 percent?