Which of the following statements is CORRECT?a. The component cost of preferred stock is expressed as rp(1 - T), because preferred stock dividends are treated as fixed charges, similar to the treatment of debt interest.b. We should use historical measures of the component costs from prior financings when estimating a company's WACC for capital budgeting purposes.c. The cost of new equity (re) could possibly be lower than the cost of retained earnings (rs) if the market risk premium, risk-free rate, and the company's beta all decline by a sufficiently large amount.d. The cost of retained earnings is the rate of return stockholders require on a firm's common stock.e. In the WACC calculation, we must adjust the cost of preferred stock (the market yield) because 70% of the dividends received by corporate investors are excluded from their taxable income.

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