A mutual fund is offered with no up-front sales charge and no contingent deferred sales charge. It charges 50 basis points of 12b-1 fees annually. The fund publishes an advertisement stating that: "This is a no-load fund." Which statement is TRUE?A. The statement is true as presented
B. This statement is misleading because no-load mutual funds cannot charge 12b-1 fees
C. This statement is misleading because a no-load fund cannot charge more than 25 basis points of 12b-1 fees
D. This statement is misleading because mutual funds are not permitted to advertise themselves as no-load funds

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If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

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