Company A has a beta of 0.70, while Company B's beta is 0.95. The required return on the stock market is 11.00%, and the risk-free rate is 4.25%. What is the difference between A's and B's required rates of return? Select the correct answer.   a. 1.61%     b. 1.63%     c. 1.65%     d. 1.67%     e. 1.69%

Stock A's stock has a beta of 1.30, and its required return is 12.00%. Stock B's beta is 0.80. If the risk-free rate is 4.75%, what is the required rate of return on B's stock? (Hint: First find the market risk premium.) a. 8.76% b. 8.98% c. 9.21% d. 9.44% e. 9.68%

Zacher Co.'s stock has a beta of 1.50, the risk-free rate is 4.25%, and the market risk premium is 5.50%. What is the firm's required rate of return? Select the correct answer.   a. 12.10%     b. 12.90%     c. 12.50%     d. 13.30%     e. 13.70%

suppose a risk free rate is 6% and the market premium is 7%. D1 is 1.25 per share and stock beta is 1.15. What is the required return?

Fiske Roofing Supplies' stock has a beta of 1.23, its required return is 10.00%, and the risk-free rate is 4.30%. What is the required rate of return on the market? (Hint: First find the market risk premium.) Select the correct answer.   a. 8.93%     b. 8.69%     c. 8.77%     d. 8.85%     e. 9.01%

Stock A's stock has a beta of 1.30, and its required return is 13.75%. Stock B's beta is 0.80. If the risk-free rate is 4.75%, what is the required rate of return on B's stock? (Hint: First find the market risk premium.) Select the correct answer.   a. 10.26%     b. 10.32%     c. 10.29%     d. 10.35%     e. 10.38%

K -61 =1 2 N (Expected rate of return and risk) Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, which investment is better, based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return? Probability 0.25 0.50 0.25 Common Stock A Probability 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) @ 2 a. Given the information in the table, the expected rate of return for stock A is 16.25 %. (Round to two decimal places.) The standard deviation of stock A is %. (Round to two decimal places.) b. The expected rate of return for stock B is%. (Round to two decimal places.) The standard deviation for stock B is%. (Round to two decimal places.) c. Based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return of each stock, which investment is better? (Select the best choice below.) 30² F2 W OA. Stock A is better because it has a higher expected rate of return with less risk B. Stock B is…

Stock A's stock has a beta of 1.25, and its required return is 12.00%.  Stock B's beta is 0.90.  If the risk-free rate is 4.00%, what is the required rate of return on B's stock? (hint: first find out market risk premium, then apply to find stock B's required rate of return) 8.12% 10.25% 9.12% 9.76% 8.76%

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Assume that the risk-free rate is a constant.) a. The effect of a change in the market risk premium depends on the slope of the yield curve. b. If the market risk premium increases by 1%, then the required return on all stocks will rise by 1%. c. If the market risk premium increases by 1%, then the required return will increase by 1% for a stock that has a beta of 1.0. d. The effect of a change in the market risk premium depends on the level of the risk-free rate. e. If the market risk premium increases by 1%, then the required return will increase for stocks that have a beta greater than 1.0, but it will decrease for stocks that have a beta less than 1.0.

The risk-free rate of return is 4 percent and the market risk premium is 8 percent. What is the expected rate of return on a stock with a beta of 1.28? a. 9.12 percent b. 10.24 percent c. 13.12 percent d. 14.24 percent e. 5.36 percent