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Finance Ch. 11 Vocab

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Required Rate of Return/Opportunity Cost Rate   The return that must be earned on investment funds to cover the cost of financing such investments.  
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Cost of Capital   The firm's average cost of funds, which is the average return required by the firm's investors--what must be paid to attract funds.  
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Capital Components   The particular types of capital used by the firm--that is, its debt, preferred stock, and common equity.  
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After-Tax Cost of Debt   The relevant cost of new debt, taking into accounting the tax deductibility of interest.  
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Cost of Preferred Stock   The rate of return investors require on the firm's preferred stock.  
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Cost of Retained Earnings   The rate of return required by stockholders on a firm's existing common stock.  
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Cost of New Common Equity   The cost of external equity; based on the cost of retained earnings, but increased for floatation costs.  
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Floatation Costs   The expenses incurred when selling new issues of securities.  
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Target Capital Structure   The combination (%) of debt, preferred stock, and common equity that will maximize the price of the firm's stock.  
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)   A weighted average of the components of debt, preferred, stock, and common equity.  
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Marginal Cost of Capital (MCC)   The cost of obtaining another dollar of new capital; the weighted average cost of the last dollar of new capital raised.  
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MCC Schedule   A graph that relates the firm's weighted average cost of each dollar of capital to the total amount of new capital raised.  
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Break Point (BP)   The dollar value of new capital that can be raised before an increase in the firm's weighted average cost of capital occurs.  
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Investment Opportunity Schedule (IOS)   A graph of the firm's investment opportunities ranked in order of the projects' internal rates of return.  
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