All of the Following Methods Can Be Used to Estimate

question 61

Multiple Choice

All of the following methods can be used to estimate the cost of equity except:

• A)Like debt and preferred stock,cash flows from common equity are fixed.
• B)Firms have two sources of common equity,retained earnings and new stock issues,but only one single cost of common equity.
• C)From the shareholders' perspective,the opportunity cost of retained earnings is the return the shareholders could earn by investing the funds in long-term treasury securities.
• D)If the firm cannot invest its retained earnings to achieve a sufficient risk-adjusted return,shareholders would be better off receiving additional shares of stock.
• E)None of the above statements are correct.

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