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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC is the average rate of return a company is expected to provide to all its investors, including equity and debt holders. It is calculated by weighting the cost of equity and cost of debt based on their proportions in the capital structure.

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Modeling Managers as EPS Maximizers

Reynolds Holding

In business schools, managers are taught to maximize the net present value (NPV) of future cash flows. We can broadly classify firms’ corporate behaviors into two categories: growth and value firms. In the real world, managers consistently ignore this advice.