SCENARIO 16-13 Given Below Is the Monthly Time Series Data for U.S.retail

question 29

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SCENARIO 16-13
Given below is the monthly time series data for U.S.retail sales of building materials over a specific year.
The results of the linear trend,quadratic trend,exponential trend,first-order autoregressive,second-order autoregressive and third-order autoregressive model are presented below in which the coded month for the 1^st month is 0:
Linear trend model:

Quadratic trend model:
Third-order autoregressive::

Below is the residual plot of the various models:

-Referring to Scenario 16-13,you can reject the null hypothesis for testing the appropriateness of the third-order autoregressive model at the 5% level of significance.

Calculate the cost of equity using different models (DCF, CAPM).

Identify and calculate the component cost of debt for WACC.

Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).

Understand how market conditions and company policies affect the cost of capital.

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