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true and false 6. The cost of preferred stock is typically lower than the cost o

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true and false

6. The cost of preferred stock is typically lower than the cost of long-term debt (i.e., bonds) because

                                                the preferred stock dividend payments are tax deductible.

______ 7. A firm can retain more of its earnings if it can convince its stockholders that it will earn at least

                                                their required return on the reinvested funds.

______ 8. The cost of preferred stock is generally higher than both the cost of debt and the cost of

                                                retained earnings.

______ 9. The cost of new common stock is normally greater than any other long-term financing cost.

______ 10. The

Explanation / Answer

ANSWERS:

6. True.

The WACC should include the types of capital used to pay for long-term assets, and this is typically long-term debt, preferred stock (if used), and common stock.

7. True.

Because they require more asset investment only for their operation.

8. True.

Preferred stocks offer a dividend that never increases and the price of the preferred stock usually stays in a narrow range unlike common stock that can shoot up or fall precipitously. So owners of a preferred stock will miss out on large upside moves associated with the common stocks of the same company

9. True.

Because common stock dividends are paid from after-tax cash flows, no tax adjustment is required.

10. True.

It is found by weighting the cost of each specific type of capital by its proportion in the firm