A bond has a coupon rate of 8 percent, 7 years to maturity, semiannual interest payments, and a YTM of 7 percent. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what will be the percentage change in the bond price

Ail industries uses activity-based costing to assist management in setting prices for the company's three major product lines. the following information is available: activity cost pool estimated overhead expected use of cost driver per activity cutting $1,000,000 25,000 labor hours stitching 8,000,000 320,000 machine hours inspections 2,800,000 160,000 labor hours packing 960,000 64,000 finished goods units compute the activity-based overhead rates. (round answers to 2 decimal places, e. g. 12.25.)

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Granby foods' (gf) balance sheet shows a total of $25 million long-term debt with a coupon rate of 8.50%. the yield to maturity on this debt is 8.00%, and the debt has a total current market value of $27 million. the company has 10 million shares of stock, and the stock has a book value per share of $5.00. the current stock price is $20.00 per share, and stockholders' required rate of return, r s, is 12.25%. the company recently decided that its target capital structure should have 35% debt, with the balance being common equity. the tax rate is 40%. calculate waccs based on book, market, and target capital structures. what is the sum of these three waccs?