Does company debt add or reduce risk to a company's earnings performance? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


Company debt adds risk to a company's earnings performance because the interest payments on that debt must be paid whether a company has a good year or not.

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A) Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act B) Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act C) Communications Decency Act D) Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

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All employers with less than 20 employees must comply with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Rosie's Grill has a beta of 1.2, a stock price of $26 and an expected annual dividend of $1.30 a share which is to be paid next month. The dividend growth rate is 4 percent. The market has a 10 percent rate of return and a risk premium of 6 percent

What is the average expected cost of equity for Rosie's Grill? A) 9.20 percent B) 9.70 percent C) 10.10 percent D) 10.30 percent E) 11.40 percent

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Wireless networking uses ____ to connect computers and digital devices to computer networks and often through those networks to the Internet.

A. radio signals B. cables C. both a. and b. D. neither a. nor b.

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