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S&S; Corp. is investing in a major capital budgeting project that will require t

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Question

S&S; Corp. is investing in a major capital budgeting project that will require the expenditure of $10 million. The money will be raised by issuing $3 million of bonds, $1 million of preferred stock, and $6 million of new common stock. The company estimates is after-tax cost of debt to be 6%, its cost of preferred stock to be 8%, the cost of retained earnings to be 12%, and the cost of new common stock to be 15%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for this project? 11.60% 29.00% 9.67% 10.25% The interest rate on a one year security in the United States is 6%, while the interest rate on a one year security in France is 8%. If the current exchange rate is 1 EURO = $1.25, then the future exchange rate in one year, according to the international Fisher effect, is:$1.227 $1.157 $1.275 $1.252

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