What Are Some of the Consequences of Testing and Tracking

question 20

Essay

What are some of the consequences of testing and tracking in the educational system?

Understand the fundamental concepts of financial risk and its implications on firm value.

Comprehend the definitions and implications of the unlevered cost of capital, levered cost of capital, and the interest tax shield.

Analyze the role of debt in capital structure and its effects on firm value, including M&M propositions.

Identify and differentiate between direct and indirect bankruptcy costs, and understand their impact on firms.

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Definitions:

Semistrong-Form Efficient

A market hypothesis stating that share prices incorporate all publicly available information, making it impossible to consistently achieve higher returns.

Weak-Form Efficient

A market hypothesis suggesting that all past prices of stock are reflected in the current price, hence historical data cannot be used to predict future prices.

Strong-Form Efficient

A hypothesis that states all information, both public and private, is completely accounted for in stock prices, and that no investor can achieve consistently higher returns.

CAPM

The Capital Asset Pricing Model, a formula used to determine the expected return of an asset based on its beta and expected market returns, thus assessing its inherent risk and cost of capital.