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1. A firm has a common stock with a market price $55 per share and an expected d

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1. A firm has a common stock with a market price $55 per share and an expected dividend of $2.81 per share at the end of the coming year. The dividends paid on the outstanding stock over the past five years are as follows:

Year Dividend
1 $2.00
2 $2.14
3 $2.29
4 $2.45
5 $2.62



The cost of the firm's common stock equity is?




2. Use the below information to answer the following question


Company-Ford
Coupon-11.0
Maturity-July 31,2009
Last Price- 65.50
Last yield- ?
EST Spread- 104
EST UST- 10
VOL (000's)- 5,100


Based on the above table, what is the last yield for this bond?

Explanation / Answer



2. Use the below information to answer the following question


Company-Ford
Coupon-11.0
Maturity-July 31,2009
Last Price- 65.50
Last yield- ?
EST Spread- 104
EST UST- 10
VOL (000's)- 5,100


Based on the above table, what is the last yield for this bond?



COUPON RATE ---------11%


FACE VALUE OF BOND= 1000 DOLLARS


LAST PRICE OF THE BOND- 65.5%


ANSWER :    BOND PRICE== 655 DOLLARS