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Trendsetters Has a Cost of Equity of 14

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Trendsetters has a cost of equity of 14.6 percent.The market risk premium is 8.4 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.9 percent.The company is acquiring a competitor, which will increase the company's beta to 1.4.What effect, if any, will the acquisition have on the firm's cost of equity capital?


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