The text identifies three methods for estimating the cost of common stock from retained earnings: the capm method, the dcf method, and the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium method. since we cannot be sure that the estimate obtained with any of these methods is correct, it is often appropriate to use all three methods, then consider all three estimates, and end up using a judgmental estimate when calculating the wacc. a. true b. false

Which type of data does your company collect from customers or potential customers? a. positioning datab. market share datac. primary datad. secondary data select the best answer from the choices provided

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?