Economic Value Added

question 1

Multiple Choice

Economic value added:

• A) is a dollar amount rather than a percentage.
• B) uses a firm's weighted-average cost of capital.
• C) uses total assets in its computation and ignores current liabilities.
• D) cannot be negative.
• E) is both a dollar amount rather than a percentage and uses a firm's weighted-average cost of capital.

Understand the implications of dividend growth on stock valuation and investor's return.

Apply the constant dividend growth model to estimate a firm's dividend growth rate.

Identify the capital gains yield as part of the total return on an investment.

Understand the principles and calculations involved in the PERT method, including expected time, variance, and critical path identification.

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