A company has 9
million shares of common stock outstanding, 340,000 shares of 6
percent preferred stock outstanding, and 180,000 7.8 percent
semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common
stock currently sells for $38 per share and has a beta of 1.50, the
preferred stock currently sells for $88 per share, and the bonds
have 20 years to maturity and sell for 119 percent of par. The
market risk premium is 7.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3 percent,...