About market efficiency, which of the following statements is right: a. In a highly efficient stock market, it is almost impossible for an investor to make profit from the stock market. b. In a highly efficient stock market, some smart investors can definitely beat the market even without the inside information. c. An investor can make profit by buying the stock of free Inc. since it just reported that the half-year profit doubled with respect to that during the same period in the last year. d. The stock prices of big companies are closer to their intrinsic values than those of small companies since more people follow those big companies, whereas few people follow those small companies.

1. (True or false) Suppose I invested $10,000 in stock A 20 years ago and held that investment (reinvesting dividends, if any) until today. If stock A achieved a positive annual arithmetic rate of return over this 20-year period, then I must have more than $10,000 in my investment in this stock today. 2. (True or false). Short-selling allows investors to benefit from price declines. 3. (True or false). Suppose I hold a portfolio of two assets A and B. 40% of my money is invested in A and the remaining 60% is invested in B. Suppose the risks (return volatility) of A and B are both 10%. Then, the volatility of my portfolio return will also be 10%. 1

The price-to-earnings ratio: ( al is of little value to investors these days due to the fact that market values far exceed camings values. b) is important to investors because a higher P/E ratio means lesser growth in earnings over time. C) develops an investor's knowledge of the price of various stocks in a single industry. d) is important to investors because a higher P/E ratio means greater growth in earnings over time.

Although investing all at once works best when stock prices are rising, dollar-cost averaging can be a good way to take advantage of a fluctuating market. Dollar-cost averaging is an investment strategy designed to reduce volatility in which securities are purchased in fixed dollar amounts at regular intervals regardless of what direction the market is moving. This strategy is also called the constant dollar plan. You are considering a hypothetical $1,200 investment in a media company's stock. Your choice is to invest the money all at once or dollar-cost average at the rate of $100 per month for one year. Assume that the company allows you to purchase "fractional" shares of its stock. (a) If you invested all of the money in January and bought the shares for $12 each, how many shares could you buy?  shares   (b)From the following chart of share prices, calculate the number of shares that would be purchased each month using dollar-cost averaging and the total shares for the year.…

Mikkelson Corporation's stock had a required return of 13.75% last year, when the risk-free rate was 3% and the market risk premium was 4.75%. Then an increase in investor risk aversion caused the market risk premium to rise by 2%. The risk-free rate and the firm's beta remain unchanged. What is the company's new required rate of return? (Hint: First calculate the beta, then find the required return.) Do not round your intermediate calculations.

DAS Co. is preparing its financial forecast for next year and its AFN is negative. This means that Select one: O a. the predicted change in total assets must be negative. O b. sales growth must be negative. O c. the dividend payout ratio must be greater than the predicted growth rate in sales. O d. the predicted change in spontaneous liabilities must be greater than the predicted change in total assets.

You have risen through the ranks of a coffee company, from the lowly green-apron barista to the coveted black apron, and all the way to CFO. A quick internet check shows that your company's beta is 0.68. The risk-free rate is 6% and you believe the market risk premium to be 5.6%. What is your best estimate of investors' expected return on your company's stock (its cost of equity capital)? ..... The expected return is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Mikkelson Corporation's stock had a required return of 12.91 % last year, when the risk-free rate was 2.80 % and the market risk premium was 7.70 %. Then an increase in investor risk aversion caused the market risk premium to rise by 2%. The risk-free rate and the firm's beta remain unchanged. What is the company's new required rate of return? (Hint: First calculate the beta, then find the required return.)

An antitrust case has lead to you having to calculate a fair return (using the CAPM) for RadioEthiopea common stock. The risk free rate is 3.20%, while the expected return on the market is 4.70%. The shares have a volatility of 21.00%, while the market has a volatility of 13.00%. The correlation between the two sets of returns is 0.44. What is the fair return for RadioEthiopea common stock?

I am trying to get the 3M stock price using the Dividend Reinvestment Model. I think I should be using the growth rate based on calculating the % increase of dividends from previous years...is that correct or should I be using the dividend yield.....I don't think I should be using the dividend yield because that could change as the price goes up or down.  It seems that 3M is way over-valued at the moment if I am doing this correctly.