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Retained earnings have an opportunity cost associated with them because they can be invested to earn more rather than keeping them idle. For example reatined earnings can be invested in a savings account in a bank and earn interest but if this is not done the are loosing some extra income and so if they are invested somewhere else, the bank rate will be the opportunity that has been lost. Opportunity cost is the real cost of choosing one thing and not another.

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