The Cost of Equity Capital Is

question 80

Multiple Choice

The cost of equity capital is

• A)the expected return on the firm's stock that investors require.
• B)frequently estimated by using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
• C)generally considered to be a linear function of the systematic risk inherent in the security.
• D)all of the above

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