You are evaluating the expected performance of two stocks, Alibaba and Bank of China. You gathered the following information Risk-free rate = 5% Expected return for a Hong Kong market = 11.5% Beta of Alibaba = 1.5 Beta of Bank of China = 0.8 Based on your analysis, you forecast the return on these 2 stocks are 13.25% for Alibaba and 11.25% for Bank of China. i) Calculate the required rate of return for Alibaba and Bank of China ii) Indicate whether each stock is undervalued, fairly valued or overvalued.

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You are evaluating the expected performance of two stocks, Alibaba and Bank of China.
You gathered the following information
Risk-free rate = 5%
Expected return for a Hong Kong market = 11.5%
Beta of Alibaba = 1.5
Beta of Bank of China = 0.8


Based on your analysis, you forecast the return on these 2 stocks are 13.25% for Alibaba and
11.25% for Bank of China.
i) Calculate the required rate of return for Alibaba and Bank of China
ii) Indicate whether each stock is undervalued, fairly valued or overvalued. 

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