1. The ROIC on a project must be (higher, equal or below) the cost of capital for the project for the project to create wealth for the company? Pick one.
2. Between using book weighting or market weightings, which is more justified in theory? Explain.
3. Between debt and common stock, which form of capital is less expensive for the same corporation? Why?
4. What adjustment is needed to the pretax cost of debt to get the after-tax cost of debt? Why?
5. What is Beta and what does it measure? and how could you estimate a beta if you are not a publicly traded company?