1. For your Learning Journal, in at least three well composed paragraphs, please explain how this occurs and what the impact on a firm’s decision to raise capital by equity, as oppose to debt.
2. In at least three well composed paragraphs, please explain how this phenomenon comes about. Please also discuss how this decrease in EPS would affect a company’s decision whether to issue equity (shares of stock) or debt (a bond issue) for raising capital.
3. Find the payment that should be used for the annuity due whose future value is given. Assume that the compounding period is the same as the payment period. 20,000; quarterly payments for 14 years; Interest rate 6.6%