Nevada Co. Is a US firm that conducts major importing and exporting business in Japan, and all transactions are invoiced in dollars. It obtained debt in the United States at an interest rate of 10% per year. The long-term risk-free rate in the United States is 8%. The stock market return in the United States is expected to be 14% annually. Nevada`s beta is 1.2. Its target capital structure is 30% debt and 70% equity. Nevada Co. is subject to a 25% corporate tax rate.

A. Estimate the cost of capital to Nevada Co.

B. Nevada has no subsidiaries in foreign countries but plans to replace some of its dollar-denominated debt with Japanese yen-denominated debt because Japanese interest rates are low. It will obtain yen-denominated debt at an interest rate of 5%. It cannot effectively hedge the exchange rate risk resulting from this debt because of parity conditions that make the price of derivatives contracts reflect the interest rate differential. How could Nevada Co. reduce its exposure to the exchange rate risk resulting from the yen-denominated debt without moving its operations?