Question: Consider a company whose assets yield a single cash - flow, to be paid out in one year, equal either to SEK 1 5 0

Consider a company whose assets yield a single cash-flow, to be paid
out in one year, equal either to SEK 1500 or to SEK 500. The claims consist of a
(zero-coupon) bond, with face value of SEK 500, and equity. The market-value of
the company is equal to SEK 850, and the risk-free rate of interest is equal to 4%. The
shareholders are shielded by limited liability.
P6.1.1 What are the shareholders and the bondholders cash-flows, in each state?
P6.1.2 What is the expected yearly rate of return faced by the share-holders, if the
probabilities of the good and the bad state are respectively 0.45 and 0.55? What is the
companys weighted average cost of capital?
P6.1.3 Consider the following statement: The expected rate of return on the companys equity is higher than the rate of return on the companys debt. This is an indication that the company is not properly financed; we should take on a larger amount
of (cheap) debt, to increase the present value of the company, and the rate of return
on the companys equity. In my view, we should increase debt by at least SEK 100(in face-value terms).
What important aspect of the financing problem is missed in this statement? How we can dismiss the given argument, with no information about the investors preferences
beyond that provided by the given data (if any), if there are at least a few agents in the
market who can borrow and lend at the risk-free rate of 4% and the tax-rates are equal
to zero? Dear Expert, provide comprehensive notes and calculations to this problem for me okay

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