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Assume that you conduct business in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. You consider expanding your business overseas. You want to estimate the annual cost of equity in these countries in case you decide to obtain equity funding there. Go to finance.yahoo.com/intlindices?e=americas and click on the index ^MERV (which represents the Argentina stock market index). Click on “1y” just below the chart provided. Then scroll down and click on “Historical Prices.” Obtain the stock market index value 8 years ago, 7 years ago, …, 1 year ago, and as of today. Insert the data on an electronic spreadsheet. Use the mean annual return (percentage change in value) over the last 8 years as a rough estimate of your cost of equity in each of these countries. Then start over and repeat the process for Brazil (click on the index ^BVSP). Then start over and repeat the process for Canada (click on the index ^GSPTSE). Which country has the lowest estimated cost of equity? Which country has the highest estimated cost of equity?