Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9781259277214
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 19QP
Calculating Capital Structure Weights. Liu Industrial Machines issued 175,000 zero coupon bonds four years ago. The bonds originally had 30 years to maturity with a yield to maturity of 6.1 percent. Interest rates have recently decreased, and the bonds now have a yield to maturity of 5.9 percent. If the company has a $68 million market value of equity, what weight should it use for debt when calculating the cost of capital?
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