You are 22 years old, unmarried, have no children, and a take-home pay of $2,500 per month. You depended on your parents while attending college. You are engaged to be married in 18 months. You have very little credit history, but want to establish a good credit rating so that you may be able to rent/buy a home and qualify for low-cost loans when you buy a new car or appliance. You also want to be able to qualify for credit cards with good reward programs and low fees and interest rate. Read each statement below and indicate whether it is a good or bad reason for using debt.
a. Debt provides protection against rip-offs and fraud.
b. Debt provides financial flexibility and convenience when making payments.
c. You have unused credit available on your credit card.
d. The habit of buying on credit can lead to overspending and overindebtedness.
e. Debt provides the means to purchase big ticket products sooner rather than later.

73. calculate the weighted average cost of capital (wacc) based on the following information: the equity multiplier is 1.66; the interest rate on debt is 13%; the required return to equity holders is 22%; and the tax rate is 35%. (a) 15.6% (b) 16.0% (c) 15.0% (d) 16.6% (e) none of the above

What two things do you consider when evaluating the time value of money

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?