The optimal distribution strategy achieves a balance between capital gains and current dividends in order to raise the stock price of the company. true or false

When accounting for small share dividend, which of the following will be use in recording such dividends * Par Value O Fair Value O A or B, whichever is higher O A or B, as a company policy

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Group of answer choices The component cost of preferred stock is expressed as rp(1 - T). This follows because preferred stock dividends are treated as fixed charges, and as such they can be deducted by the issuer for tax purposes. A cost should be assigned to retained earnings due to the opportunity cost principle, which refers to the fact that the firm’s stockholders would themselves expect to earn a return on earnings that were paid out rather than retained and reinvested. No cost should be assigned to retained earnings because the firm does not have to pay anything to raise them. They are generated as cash flows by operating assets that were raised in the past, hence they are “free.” Suppose a firm has been losing money and thus is not paying taxes, and this situation is expected to persist into the foreseeable future. In this case, the firm’s before-tax and after-tax costs of debt for purposes of calculating the WACC will both be…