Louis Vuitton decides to invest $80,000,000 into a shoe factory in Milan from its money market account. The money market account was earning 1% in interest per year or $800,000. Louis Vuitton could have also earned $200,000 from investing the $80,000,000 in a handbag factory. What is its opportunity cost for Louis Vuitton based off of the information in presented this situation? a. $200,000
b. $1,000,000
c. $80,000,000
d. $800,000

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.