The treasurer of riley coal co. is asked to compute the cost of fixed income securities for her corporation. even before making the calculations, she assumes the aftertax cost of debt is at least 4 percent less than that for preferred stock. debt can be issued at a yield of 12.0 percent, and the corporate tax rate is 25 percent. preferred stock will be priced at $62 and pay a dividend of $7.40. the flotation cost on the preferred stock is $7.

a) compute the aftertax cost of debt. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Fdr had to resort to deficit spending with his first 100 days to with the recovery. describe what deficit spending was and how fdr felt about it. do you think think this was the right decision at the time, why or why not?

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

Which of the following statements is true of unsought products? as compared to convenience products, unsought products are purchased more frequently. unsought products are consumer products and services that customers usually buy frequently, immediately, and with minimal comparison and buying effort. a life insurance policy is an example of an unsought product. unsought products have strong brand identification for which a significant group of buyers is willing to make a special purchase effort. unsought products are those products purchased for further processing or for use in conducting a business.