Fiske Roofing Supplies' stock has a beta of 1.23, its required return is 8.50%, 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. 7.71%     b. 7.41%     c. 7.51%     d. 7.61%     e. 7.81%

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The risk-free rate is 4%. The market risk-premium is 7%. The beta is 20. What is the expected rate of return on this stock? Answers: A.10% B12% C.18% D.20% E. 22

You want to estimate the cost of equity of firm A using CAPM. Firm A has a beta of 1.3. Assume that the return on the market portfolio is 8.52%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. What is the cost of equity of firm A? Group of answer choices There is not enough information to answer this question. 10.17% 11.74% 14.21% 12.11%

Required Rate of Return Stock R has a beta of 1.3, Stock S has a beta of 0.75, the expected rate of return on an average stock is 9%, and the risk-free rate is 5%. By how much does the required return on the riskier stock exceed that on the less risky stock? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Pai lnc's stock has an expected return of 16.25%, a beta of 1.39, and is in equilibrium. If the risk-free rate is 2.8%, what is the market risk premium?  A. 10.84% B. 9.68% C. 7.47% D. 11.32% E. 8.29%

Required Rate of Return Stock R has a beta of 1.4, Stock S has a beta of 0.45, the expected rate of return on an average stock is 11%, and the risk-free rate is 7%. By how much does the required return on the riskier stock exceed that on the less risky stock? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   %

Suppose the​ risk-free return is 3.5% and the market portfolio has an expected return of 11.9% and a volatility of 12.9% Merck​ & Co.​ (Ticker: MRK) stock has a 20.8% volatility and a correlation with the market of 0.065. a. What is​ Merck's beta with respect to the​ market? b. Under the CAPM​ assumptions, what is its expected​ return?