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cost of capital investment & finance definition
The
minimum return that is required on a new investment. The required return is
what a company must earn on its capital investment in order to break even.
Another way of looking at cost of capital is as the opportunity cost associated
with a company’s capital investment. An opportunity cost is not being able to
make an investment because the limited funds available have already been
committed.
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