Assume that the risk-free rate of return is 4% and the market risk premium (i.e., Rm - R;) is 8%. If use the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to estimate the expected rate of return on a stock with a beta of 1.28, then this stock's expected return should be A) 10.53% B) 14.24% 23.15% 6.59%

In an economy where the risk-free interest rate is 19% and the expected return of the market is 25%, the beta coefficients of A, B, C and D stocks and the expected returns announced by the companies are as follows. According to the Financial (Capital) Assets Pricing Model c) Calculate the expected return rates of the shares.d) Determine which stocks can be invested by comparing the expected return announced by the company with the expected return you calculated.

Using the CAPM, estimate the appropriate required rate of return for the three stocks listed here, given that the risk-free rate is 4 percent and the expected return for the market is 17 percent. STOCK BETA A 0.63 B 0.95 C 1.48 a. Using the CAPM, the required rate of return for stock A is B.Using the CAPM, the required rate of return for stock b is C.Using the CAPM, the required rate of return for stock C is (Round to two decimal places.)

The following table shows betas for several companies. Calculate each stock's expected rate of return using the CAPM. Assume the risk-free rate of interest is 6%. Use a 8% risk premium for the market portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Company Beta Cost of Capital Caterpillar 1.66 % Apple 1.30 % Johnson & Johnson 0.49 % Consolidated Edison 0.21 %

b) You are given the following information about Stock X and the market: The annual effective risk-frec rate is 5%. The expected return and volatility for Stock X and the market are shown in the table below: Expected Return Volatility Stock X 5% 40% Market 8% 25% The correlation between the returns of stock X and the market is -0.25. Assume the Capital Asset Pricing Model holds. Calculate the required return for Stock X and determine if the investor should invest in Stock X.

The rate of return on the market stock index is 13 percent. The rate of return on a risk-freebank account is 1%. The B (beta) of stock XYZ is 1.5. Use the data to answer the questionsbelow.a. What is the market risk premium? Show your work.b. What is the cost of equity for XYZ? Show your work.c. What is the stock XYZ risk premium? Show your work.d. Draw the graph of the Security Market Line and show the stock of XYZ on the graph.The end-of-year dividend on stock ABC is expected to be $0.8. The growth rate of dividend isexpected to be 5 percent for ever. The current price of the ABC stock is $10. Use the data toanswer the questions below.e. What is the cost of equity for stock ABC? Show your work.f. Suppose stock KLM has the same end-of-year dividend, dividend growth rate andprice as stock ABC, but the risk of KLM stock is much greater than of the ABC stock.What is your estimate of the cost of equity of stock KLM using the method at part e?Do you agree with the valuation of the cost of…

The following graph plots the current security market line (SML) and indicates the return that investors require from holding stock from Happy Corp. (HC). Based on the graph, complete the table that follows: REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN (Percent) 20.0 16.0 12.0 1,8 Return on HC's Stock 8.0 4.0 0 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 RISK (Beta) CAPM Elements Risk-free rate (RF) Market risk premium (RPM) Happy Corp. stock's beta Required rate of return on Happy Corp. stock Value An analyst believes that inflation is going to increase by 3.0% over the next year, while the market risk premium will be unchanged. The analyst uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The following graph plots the current SML. Calculate Happy Corp.'s new required return. Then, on the graph, use the green points (rectangle symbols) to plot the new SML suggested by this analyst's prediction. Happy Corp.'s new required rate of return is

The following table shows betas for several companies. Calculate each stock’s expected rate of return using the CAPM. Assume the risk-free rate of interest is 4%. Use a 7% risk premium for the market portfolio. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.       Company Beta Cost of Capital Caterpillar 0.98   % Apple 1.35   % Johnson & Johnson 0.69   % Consolidated Edison 0.13   %

Consider the following simplified APT model: Factor                                                  Expected Risk Premium Market                                                6.4% Interest Rate                                       -0.6% Yield Spread                                        5.1%                                                        Factor Risk Exposures                                     Market               Interest Rate             Yield Spread Stock                          Stock (b1)                  (b2)                             (b3) P                                    1.0                           -2.0                             -0.2 P2                                  1.2                            0                                 0.3 P3                                  0.3                            0.5                              1.0 a) Calculate the expected return for the above stocks. Assume risk free rate is 5%. Consider a portfolio with equal…