ARE MARKET VALUES LESS DESIRABLE THAN BOOK VALUES FOR WEIGHTING A FIRMS FUNDING COPONENTS
No, market values are more desirable than book values for weighting a firm's funding components because investors would require the opportunity cost of capital or the minimun required return on the capital on the market value of capital and not on the book value.
For example - for example a firm issues its stock 2 years back when the firm's stock was $150. The same stock is $200 now and the market return is 18%. In this case the investors would require return on the market value of $200 and not the book value of $150.
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