Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to financial managers’ capital budgeting decision-making processes by proposing a new paradigm of capital investment appraisal. The expected return, required return structure of the proposed purchasing power return (PPR) methodology...

We examine the operating performance of preferred stock issuers using the sample of preferred stock issues during 1991-2000. We find the median profit margin and Return On Assets (ROA) of the preferred stock issuers deteriorate until the year of preferred issuance, hit the bottom in the year of...