Afirm has common stock with a market price of $100 per share and an expected dividend of $5.61 per share at the end of the coming year. a new issue of stock is expected to be sold for $98, with $2 per share representing the underpricing necessary in the competitive capital market. flotation costs are expected to total $1 per share. the dividends paid on the outstanding stock over the past five years are as follows:

yeardividend

1$ 4.00

24.28

34.58

44.90

55.24

the cost of this new issue of common stock is

a) 5.8 percent.

b) 7.7 percent.

c) 10.8 percent.

d) 12.8 percent.

Match each of the terms below with an example that fits the term. a. fungibility the production of gasoline b. inelasticity the switch from coffee to tea c. non-excludability the provision of national defense d. substitution the demand for cigarettes

To be able to better compare stock performance within the same industry, similar companies are grouped into? a)market sectors b) industry blocks c) performance sectors d) average earning blocks

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct