Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134083278
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Textbook Question
Book Icon
Chapter 13, Problem 1P

Assume that all investors have the same information and care only about expected return and volatility. If new information arrives about one stock, can this information affect the price and return of other stocks? If so, explain why?

Expert Solution & Answer
Check Mark
Summary Introduction

To determine: To respond to the given statement.

Statement: Can the stock prices and stock returns affect if any new information arrives regarding the stock?

Introduction: Expected return is the method of finding the average anticipated probability of several diverse interest rates that are probable on a particular asset. The issues in such persistence comprise of dissimilar market environments that includes the beta of an asset.

Answer to Problem 1P

Answer: Yes, the stock prices and stock returns affect if any new information arrives regarding the stock.

Explanation of Solution

Yes, the stock prices and stock returns affect if any new information arrives regarding the stock.

Following are the reasons that suggest that the stock prices and stock returns affect if any new information arrives regarding the stock:

  • If the other stock prices remain constant, the shareholders will prefer to raise the weight of the stock by indicating not to hold the market portfolio.
  • As a result of the arrival of new information, it modifies the stock’s appearance.

Want to see more full solutions like this?

Subscribe now to access step-by-step solutions to millions of textbook problems written by subject matter experts!
Students have asked these similar questions
What is the value at the end of year 3 of a perpetual stream of $70,000 semi-annual payments that begins at the end of year 7? The APR is 12% compounded quarterly.
Firm A must pay $258,000 to firm B in 10 years. The discount rate is 16.44 percent per year. What is the present value of the cash flow associated with this arrangement for firm A? -I got the answer of 56331.87773=56332 (rounded to the nearest dollar), but it says incorrect.
Suppose you have two histograms: one where the mean equals the median, and one where the mean is different from the median. How would you expect the two histograms to differ.

Chapter 13 Solutions

Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book

Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Finance
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Finance
ISBN:9781337514835
Author:MOYER
Publisher:CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
Text book image
Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course...
Finance
ISBN:9781337395083
Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Portfolio return, variance, standard deviation; Author: MyFinanceTeacher;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWT0kx36vZE;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY