Question: Solve the following problems (No need to show process, just results and answer to the question) 1) Maria Gonzalez, Ganado's Chief Financial Officer, estimates the

Solve the following problems (No need to show process, just results and answer to the question)

1) Maria Gonzalez, Ganado's Chief Financial Officer, estimates the risk-free rate to be 4.00%, the company's credit risk premium is 3.90%, the domestic beta is estimated at 1.05, the international beta is estimated at 0.89, and the company's capital structure is now 65% debt. The expected rate of return on the market portfolio held by a well-diversified domestic investor is 9.70% and the expected return on a larger globally integrated equity market portfolio is 8.60%. The before-tax cost of debt estimated by observing the current yield on Ganado's outstanding bonds combined with bank debt is 8.50%

and the company's effective tax rate is 39%. For both the domestic CAPM and ICAPM, calculate the following:

a. Ganado's cost of equity

b. Ganado's after-tax cost of debt

c. Ganado's weighted average cost of capital

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