The Strug Company purchased office furniture and equipment for $8,600 and agreed to pay for the purchase by making five annual installment payments beginning one year from today. The installment payments include interest at 8%. What is the required annual installment payment

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.