Foundations of Finance (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance)
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ISBN: 9780134083285
Author: Arthur J. Keown, John D. Martin, J. William Petty
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The required return.
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The risk-free rate is currently
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14.8%.
Assume you are considering the following investments:
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A 1.54
B 1.16
C 0.51
D 0.11
E 2.14
.
a. Which investment is most risky? Least risky?
b. Use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to find the required return on each of the investments.
c. Find the security market line (SML), using your findings in part
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d. On the basis of your findings in part
c,
what relationship exists between risk and return? Explain.
If the expected return on State Farm from
the Capital Asset Pricing
Model (the CAPM) is 0.20, and if the risk free rate of
interest is 0.05, and if the expected return on the
market portfolio is 0.20, then which of the following
comes closest to State Farm's beta?
A 0.50
B 1.50
C 0.00
D 1.00
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5%. The risk-free rate
of return is 4%, and JB Hi Fi has a beta of 1.5.
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Foundations of Finance (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance)
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