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 Is a Cisco Intership Worth It?
Would a 6 month internship with Cisco systems give me the "experience" needed of higher paying jobs? Thanks in advance....


 Does there exist a list of companies with definitively anti-racist policies?
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 Forget golfballs and mud. How many BP executives will it take to plug the oilwell?
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 How do I get companies interested in my idea that I already have a patent on?
I have a Provisional patent on something related to technology. The thing is i have email a couple of companies but didn't get any reply. I have contacted companies such as Seagate, HitachiGST, I...


 How are you supposed to address business executives in Chinese?
Within a Chinese company, how do you address executives in Chinese? Especially, CEO, VP, head of department, etc.

I've heard "Last Name" "zong3".
I've ...


 how does layaway at kmart work?
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 Why are Apple products so ludicrously overpriced?
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 Why is selling a million copies of iPad bad for Apple?
Actually the selling of 1million iPads is good thing for Google android. The reason is if Apple sold 1million copies a million of Apple customers will eventually get disappointed and frustrated with ...


 who is microsoft CEO now? what about billgates?
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 Is it possible for 2 brothers aged 45 and 41 to start their own partnership business without parents' consent?
One brother has a MBA from Stanford the other has a Ph.D. in pharmacology is it possible for them to start a business partnership without their parents consent?...


 can you return clearance items to walmart?
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 When does Walmart start its School Supplies sales?
im going on Vacation on june 15th, i get out of school on june 3rd and i come back from my vacation on August 22 im goin to a different country, anyways i come back a day b4 school starts so im goin ...


 Any other adults who do not work to their full potential?
For the past eight years I have ran my own business and I am also a programmer in multiple languages. I have a lot of skills and could probably get a really high paying job. However I learned that ...


 Does Target have a contract with Pizza Hut?
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 How is this going to affect the banks and mortgage companies?
Obama just told the people on the Gulf Coast that they could defer there payments to banks and mortgages companies. Banks and mortgage companies are just like any other business, they need income to ...


 Im 16 years old, should I apply for Target or for Starbucks?
the target im applying at has starbucks already.
So i dont know to which i should go for....


 Do you think that BP will ever recover from this massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
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 Does anyone know how many people / companies had invested money in Deepwater Horizon?
and any idea how much average losses on these investments?...


 Ebay seller does not ship to Norway, what should I do ?
I want to buy something from ebay US, but the seller does not ship to Norway, what should I do ?...


 what is a "co-head" to a company or department?
does this word mean an advisor or second-in-chief or there are two equivalent leaders in the same place or what else. i'm confused...
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Sakura
Can you explain Weighted Average Cost of Capital for me?
Here's a sample question. I know the answer, I just don't know how to get to the answer!

"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?"

ANSWER

"Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the project is as follows:

Percentage Cost WACC
Bond - $3million 30% 6% 1.8%
Preferred stock - $1million 10% 8% 0.8%
New Common Stock - $6million 60% 15% 9.0%
Total $10miilion 100% 11.6%

Therefore, WACC for the project is 11.6%"

My exact question is, where did the numbers 1.8% 0.8% and 9.0% come from? (Also, why was the 12% cost of retained earnings thrown into the question? Does that have anything to do with the answer?)
                     
 




jeff410
The last number comes from the first two numbers multiplied together. For example .3 x .06 = .018 = 1.8 %. .3 is the percentage of bonds, debt, in the capital structure and .06 is the after tax cost of debt. Multiplying them together is how you get a weighted average. They arent using any retained earnings in the project so it isnt included. Its just thrown in as extraneous information.


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