Titan Mining Corporation has 7.7 million shares of common stock outstanding, 285,000 shares of 4.4 percent preferred stock outstanding, and 170,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 6.1 percent outstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $60 per share and has a beta of 1.20, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $96 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.9 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.6 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 21 percent. a. What is the firm’s market value capital structure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e. g., .1616.) b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows? (Do not round intermediate calculations enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

answer: 11/12

step-by-step explanation: 4 1/4 and 3 1/3 is equivalent to 4 3/12 and 3 4/12. 4 3/12 - 3 4/12 =11/12

answer; ///i believe the correct answer is (c) laissez-faire;

answer; ///blank(1); dealers; blank(2); brokers;

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.