The cost of retained earnings have the lowest weight in computation of the weighted average cost of capital since no flotation cost is involved   One of the advantage to a firm of being near its target capital structure is that its financial flexibility becomes much less important.   Those Industry characteristics that are considered risky in nature and may affect a company’s business risk are still subjected to a certain degree of managerial control.   The capital structure that maximizes the firm’s stock price is also the one that increases the firm’s weighted average cost of capital at a maximum rate

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Which of the following statements is true?
 
 
The cost of retained earnings have the lowest weight in computation of the weighted average cost of capital since no flotation cost is involved
 
One of the advantage to a firm of being near its target capital structure is that its financial flexibility becomes much less important.
 
Those Industry characteristics that are considered risky in nature and may affect a company’s business risk are still subjected to a certain degree of managerial control.
 
The capital structure that maximizes the firm’s stock price is also the one that increases the firm’s weighted average cost of capital at a maximum rate
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