Builtrite’s common stock is currently selling for $48 a share and the firm just paid an annual dividend of $2.80 per share. management believes that dividends and earnings should grow at 8% annually. since new stock would need to be sold to finance an expansion, builtrite expects flotation costs to be 5% of the expected selling price of $48 a share. based on this, and a marginal tax rate of 34%, what is the cost of new common stock?

Secured loans are protected by collateral security. examples: title loans where the borrower uses the car title as collateral security interest rates are lower and repayments are longer therefore risk is low as a collateral security is given as guarantee to the bank in case of failure to pay the loanunsecured loans are not protected by collateral security but it is given on the creditworthiness of the borrower, trusting that she/he will pay on time. examples; payday loans is a short term loan where the borrower lends money from the bank and pays is back when the borrower receives his/her wages.interest rates are high and repayments are shorter. but the risk is high as no collateral security is given as a guarantee to the bank for payment of the loan

Answer (d) all of the above;