Storico co. just paid a dividend of $2.80 per share. the company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 5 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. if the stock price is $54.17, what required return must investors be demanding on the company's stock? (hint: set up the valuation formula with all the relevant cash flows, and use trial and error to find the unknown rate of return.) (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

The larger the investment you make, the easier it will be to: get money from other sources. guarantee cash flow. buy insurance. streamline your products.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers. b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment. c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

The sign at the bank reads, "wait here for the first available teller," suggests the use of a waiting line system. a. multiple server, single phaseb. random server, single phasec. single server, multiphased. multiple server, multiphasee. dynamic server, single phase