(a) What is meant by the term alpha? (b) Suppose the CAPM holds. A stock has a beta of 0.8. If the risk free-rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%, what is the expected return on this stock? (c) Now suppose that this stock is a preference share that is expected to pay a constant dividend of $7 per annum, in perpetuity. Using your answer in (b), and assuming that the CAPM is correct, what should the share price be? (d) If the observed share price is $85, is the stock over-valued or under-valued? (e) What is the alpha for this stock?
(a) What is meant by the term alpha? (b) Suppose the CAPM holds. A stock has a beta of 0.8. If the risk free-rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%, what is the expected return on this stock? (c) Now suppose that this stock is a preference share that is expected to pay a constant dividend of $7 per annum, in perpetuity. Using your answer in (b), and assuming that the CAPM is correct, what should the share price be? (d) If the observed share price is $85, is the stock over-valued or under-valued? (e) What is the alpha for this stock?
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(a) What is meant by the term alpha?
(b) Suppose the CAPM holds. A stock has a beta of 0.8. If the risk free-rate is 4% and the
market risk premium is 6%, what is the expected return on this stock?
(c) Now suppose that this stock is a preference share that is expected to pay a constant
dividend of $7 per annum, in perpetuity. Using your answer in (b), and assuming that the
CAPM is correct, what should the share price be?
(d) If the observed share price is $85, is the stock over-valued or under-valued?
(e) What is the alpha for this stock?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F02220d90-4a22-445e-8d47-141beb233209%2Fdd926507-ff27-4b20-b082-843819baa9d3%2F7ff1mkg_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Question 4:
(a) What is meant by the term alpha?
(b) Suppose the CAPM holds. A stock has a beta of 0.8. If the risk free-rate is 4% and the
market risk premium is 6%, what is the expected return on this stock?
(c) Now suppose that this stock is a preference share that is expected to pay a constant
dividend of $7 per annum, in perpetuity. Using your answer in (b), and assuming that the
CAPM is correct, what should the share price be?
(d) If the observed share price is $85, is the stock over-valued or under-valued?
(e) What is the alpha for this stock?
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