Which of the following is not typically considered a function of financial intermediaries?
a. providing a payment mechanism
b. investing in real assets
c. accumulating funds from smaller investors
d. spreading, or pooling risk among individuals

Granby foods' (gf) balance sheet shows a total of $25 million long-term debt with a coupon rate of 8.50%. the yield to maturity on this debt is 8.00%, and the debt has a total current market value of $27 million. the company has 10 million shares of stock, and the stock has a book value per share of $5.00. the current stock price is $20.00 per share, and stockholders' required rate of return, r s, is 12.25%. the company recently decided that its target capital structure should have 35% debt, with the balance being common equity. the tax rate is 40%. calculate waccs based on book, market, and target capital structures. what is the sum of these three waccs?

At the end of the week, carla receives her paycheck and goes directly to the bank after work to make a deposit into her savings account. the bank keeps the required reserve and then loans out the remaining balance to a qualified borrower named malik as a portion of his small business loan. malik uses the loan to buy a tractor for his construction business and makes small monthly payments to the bank to payback the principal balance plus interest on the loan. the bank profits from a portion of the interest payment received and also passes some of the interest back to carla in the form of an interest payment to her savings account. in this example, the bank is acting

The sec has historically raised questions regarding the independence of firms that derive a significant portion of their total revenues from one audit client or group of clients because the sec staff believes this situation causes cpa firms to