1. What is the cost of capital to be used as a discount rate in company and project valuations?
2. How do you identify the weights and Sharpe ratio for the Optimal Risky Portfolio and the weights for the Minimum Variance Portfolio off a four stock efficiency frontier?
3. Why might firms consider issuing stock in foreign countries? Why might U.S. businesses look to issue more stock in Europe since the adoption of the euro (implemented in 1999)?