Use the following information for the next several questions. A 30-year, $1000 par value bond with a 4% annual coupon bond sells for $900. Preferred stock pays $9.5 in dividends per year and has a selling price of $105. The risk-free rate (30 day t-bills) is 3%, the market risk premium is 6%, the stock's beta is 1.2, dividends are growing at 4% per year, the stock will pay $4 in dividends next year, the current stock price is $50, and the bond-equity risk premium is 6%. Assume a corporate tax rate of 20% and target weights of 40% debt, 20% preferred, 40% common equity. What is the cost of debt for this company

Eager, a tipped employee, reported to his employer that he had received $320 in tips during march. on the next payday, april 4, he was paid his regular salary of $250. the amount of oasdi taxes to withhold from eager’s pay is a. $19.84 b. $15.50 c. $35.34 d. $43.61 e. none of the above. 2 points

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

Plastic and steel are substitutes in the production of body panels for certain automobiles. if the price of plastic increases, with other things remaining the same, we would expect: a) the demand curve for plastic to shift to the left. b) the price of steel to fall. c) the demand curve for steel to shift to the left d) nothing to happen to steel because it is only a substitute for plastic. e) the demand curve for steel to shift to the right