calculate_wacc

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Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): the blended after-tax cost of a company's equity and debt capital, weighted by market values. WHEN TO USE: to determine the discount rate for a DCF valuation from equity market value, debt market value, costs of capital and corporate tax rate. WHEN NOT TO USE: when you already have the discount rate, or for the full valuation itself (use calculate_dcf). BEHAVIOUR: pure deterministic calculation — no side effects, no network or storage access; idempotent and non-destructive. Formula: (E/V) x Re + (D/V) x Rd x (1 - tax_rate), where V = equity_value + debt_value; returns 0 if total value is 0. RETURNS: JSON object { wacc: decimal rounded to 6dp (e.g. 0.105), wacc_percent: percentage rounded to 2dp (e.g. 10.5), inputs }. PARAMETERS: equity_value (market value of equity, >= 0), debt_value (market value of debt, >= 0), cost_of_equity (decimal, e.g. 0.12 = 12%), cost_of_debt (decimal, e.g. 0.06 = 6%), tax_rate (decimal 0-1, e.g. 0.25 = 25%). All rates are decimals, never percentage points.