The cost of equity for a firm:

a. tends to remain static for firms with increasing levels of risk
b. increases as the unsystematic risk of the firm increases
c. ignores the firm's risks when that cost is based on the dividend growth model
d. equals the risk-free rate plus the market risk premium
e. equals the firm's pretax weighted average cost of capital

answer; intensive use of a sales force and is relatively costly;

forbearance of student loan payments. under forbearance, your loan payments are postponed (or reduced) but interest continues to accrue during the period of forbearance. if you don't pay the interest during that period, the interest may be “capitalized,” which means it is added to your principal balance.

answer; institution based;

answer; private store;