In part a we assumed that Nealon would have sufficient retained earnings such that it would not need to sell additional common stock to finance its new investments. Consider the situation now, when Nealon's retained earnings anticipated for the coming year are expected to fall short of the equity requirement of 47 percent of new capital raised.

1) The assumption was wrong in the first place.
2) Change of direction is required.
3) Facts and figures need to be spelt out.
4) Accounting is NOT an exact science.
5) Circumstances change , one needs to keep up with the changes.