As the Winner of a Contest, You Are Now CFO

question 77

Multiple Choice

As the winner of a contest, you are now CFO for the day for Maguire Inc.and your day's job involves raising capital for expansion.Maguire's common stock currently sells for $45.00 per share, the company expects to earn $2.75 per share during the current year, its expected payout ratio is 70%, and its expected constant growth rate is 6.00%.New stock can be sold to the public at the current price, but a flotation cost of 8% would be incurred.By how much would the cost of new stock exceed the cost of common from reinvested earnings?

• A) 0.09%
• B) 0.19%
• C) 0.37%
• D) 0.56%
• E) 0.84%

Distinguish between different statistical tests based on data type, problem objective, and the number of categories.

Understand the role of the chi-squared goodness-of-fit test and its applications.

Grasp the concept of degrees of freedom in the context of statistical testing, particularly with the chi-squared test for normality.

Execute the goodness-of-fit test to assess sample data against a specified distribution.

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Definitions:

Simple Interest

Simple interest is a method of calculating the interest charge on a loan or investment based on the original principal amount and not on accumulated interest.

Discount

A reduction applied to the normal cost of goods or services, or in finance, the process of determining the present value of future cash flows by applying a discount rate.

Compound Interest

Interest that accrues on the principal amount as well as on the accrued interest from earlier periods, for either a deposit or a loan.

Simple Interest Rate

The percentage of interest paid on the original principal amount of a loan or investment, not compounding over time.