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  5. 5Investment Tools (Equity & Fixed Income)20%Read free →
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Corporate Issuers

WACC (weighted average cost of capital) represents:

  1. AThe blended required return on a firm's debt and equityCorrect
  2. BThe dividend yield
  3. COnly the cost of equity
  4. DThe risk-free rate

Why: WACC blends the after-tax cost of debt and the cost of equity by their weights.

Ethical & Professional Standards

Under the CFA Institute Code and Standards, when interests conflict, a member should place first the interests of:

  1. ATheir employer
  2. BThe clientCorrect
  3. CRegulators
  4. DThemselves

Why: Client interests come before the employer's and the member's own.

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SectionsEthical & Professional Standards · Quantitative Methods · Financial Reporting & Analysis · Corporate Issuers · Investment Tools (Equity & Fixed Income)
Our bank20 questions · updated August 2026Written from CFA Institute
LanguagesEnglish
SourceCFA Institute
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