When the Constant Growth Valuation Model Is Used to Find

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When the constant growth valuation model is used to find the cost of common stock equity capital, it can easily be adjusted for flotation costs to find the cost of new common stock; the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) does not provide a simple adjustment mechanism.

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Definitions:

Term Structure

The relationship between interest rates or bond yields and different terms or maturities.

Duration

Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other debt instrument to changes in interest rates, typically expressed in years.

Interest Rate Risk

The potential for investment values to change due to variations in the prevailing interest rates.

Coupon Rate

The annual interest rate paid by a bond's issuer to its bondholders, typically expressed as a percentage of the bond's face value.