Rossdale Company stock currently sells for $69.13 per share…

Rossdale Company stock currently sells for $69.13 per share and has a beta of .89. The market risk premium is 7.20 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.93 percent annually. The company just paid a dividend of $3.61 per share, which it has pledged to increase at an annual rate of 3.30 percent indefinitely. What is your best estimate of the company’s cost of equity?

A firm’s managers realize they cannot monitor all aspects of…

A firm’s managers realize they cannot monitor all aspects of their projects but do want to maintain a constant focus on the most critical aspect of each project in an attempt to maximize their firm’s value. Given this specific desire, which type of analysis should they require for each project and why?