What Is Frontloading

question 88

Multiple Choice

What is frontloading?

• A) the trend toward holding more primaries and caucuses on the same day
• B) the increasingly early scheduling of primaries and caucuses
• C) the insistence on holding New Hampshire's and Iowa's contests early in the nomination calendar
• D) having candidates spend more money early in the general election in order to build an insurmountable lead
• E) the trend to hold more regional primaries

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Definitions:

Annual Dividend

The total amount of dividends a company pays to its shareholders in one year, usually presented on a per share basis.

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital; a calculation of a company's cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted.

Corporate WACC

The weighted average cost of capital for a corporation, reflecting the cost of its equity and debt financing.

IRR

Internal Rate of Return is a metric used in financial analysis to estimate the profitability of potential investments, representing the discount rate that makes the net present value (NPV) of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.