Repo Corp. has hired you to calculate its cost of capital. It has $60 million in debt, $20 million in preferred stock and $120 million in common stock and its tax rate is 40%. Its bonds have semi-annual coupons, an annual coupon rate of 9.79%, a face value of $1,000 and a maturity of 20 years. The current market value of each bond is $1000. The preferred stock has a current market value of $40.00 and a dividend of $4.50 per year. The common stock will pay a dividend of $1.85 in 1 year, has a current price of $26.00 and a growth rate of 6%. What is the required return on Repo's preferred stock, rp

Which of the following statements is true about financial planning

Eliza works for a consumer agency educating young people about advertisements. instead of teaching students to carefully read advertisement claims, she encourages them to develop a strong sense of self and to keep their life goals and dreams separate from commercial products. why might eliza's advice make sense?

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)