Epley industries stock has a beta of 1.30. the company just paid a dividend of $.30, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent. the expected return on the market is 13 percent, and treasury bills are yielding 5.4 percent. the most recent stock price for the company is $71.
a. calculate the cost of equity using the dcf method. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)
dcf %
b. calculate the cost of equity using the sml method. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)
sml %

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

Expert computers was started in 2018. the company experienced the following accounting events during its first year of operation: started business when it acquired $40,000 cash from the issue of common stock. purchased merchandise with a list price of $32,000 on account, terms 2/10, n/30. paid off one-half of the accounts payable balance within the discount period. sold merchandise on account for $28,000. credit terms were 1/20, n/30. the merchandise had cost expert computers $16,000. collected cash from the account receivable within the discount period. paid $2,100 cash for operating expenses. paid the balance due on accounts payable. the payment was not made within the discount period. required record the events in a horizontal statements model below. in the cash flows column, use the letters oa to designate operating activity, ia for investing activity, fa for financing activity, or nc for net change in cash. if the account is not affected by the event, leave the cell blank. the first event is recorded as an example. what is the amount of gross margin for the period? what is the net income for the period?

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