1. How do privately owned firms and small businesses go about estimating their weighted average cost of capital?

2. What are the three elements of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital formula? Which of the elements are impacted by taxes? 3. When using the Internal Rate of Return method to assess capital projects, what is a common pitfall that might occur if an organization consistently chooses projects with the highest IRR? Your response should be in your own words. 4. If you had started your own business and were contemplating expansion, would you choose to finance your expansion with debt or equity? Justify and defend your choice with sound reasoning. Your answer should be in your own words. 5. If you were to choose a method or combination of methods to assess the viability of a capital project, what method(s) would you chose and why? Your answer should be in your own words 6. Explain the basic premise of the Signaling Hypothesis. How does this impact the dividend policy implemented by the firm? Your response must be in your own words. 7. Explain the basic premise of the Clientele Effect. How does this impact the dividend policy implemented by the firm? 8. What are the key strengths and weaknesses of the Net Present Value method of assessing capital projects? 9. f you were the CEO of your organization and were faced with a cash-rich scenario, would you use the cash to issue dividends or buy back stock? What impact would your decision have on earnings per share? Justify and defend your choice with sound reasoning. 10. What are the key strengths and weaknesses of the payback method of assessing capital projects?

All quesitions should be answered in own words