HR Industries (HRI) has a beta of 1.2, while LR Industries's (LRI) beta is 0.5. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the required rate of return on an average stock is 13%. The expected rate of inflation built into rRF falls by 1.5 percentage points; the real risk-free rate remains constant; the required return on the market falls to 10.5%; and all betas remain constant. After all of these changes, what will be the difference in the required returns for HRI and LRI? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Suppose the​ risk-free return is 3.7% and the market portfolio has an expected return of 8.8% and a standard deviation of 16%. Johnson​ & Johnson Corporation stock has a beta of 0.73. What is its expected​ return (Round to 2 decimal places)

HR Industries (HRI) has a beta of 1.2; LR Industries's (LRI) beta is 0.4. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the required rate of return on an average stock is 13%. The expected rate of inflation built into rRF falls by 1.5 percentage points, the real risk-free rate remains constant, the required return on the market falls to 10.5%, and all betas remain constant. After all of these changes, what will be the difference in the required returns for HRI and LRI? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Unthank Corp. has a volatility of 15% and a correlation with the market portfolio of 0.5.  If the volatility of the market portfolio is 10%, the expected return on the market is 10% and the risk-free rate is 3%, the expected return for Unthank Corp. is closest to      10%     9.25%     5.75%     8.25%

If the expected return on the market is 9.38 percent, the inflation rate is 0.63 percent, the risk - free rate is 2.95 percent, and Big Madden common stock has a beta of 1.06, then what is the expected return for Big Madden stock?

Consider historical data showing that the average annual rate of return on the S&P 500 portfolio over the past 85 years has averaged roughly 8% more than the Treasury bill return and that the S&P 500 standard deviation has been about 33% per year. Assume these values are representative of investors' expectations for future performance and that the current T-bill rate is 4%. Calculate the utility levels of each portfolio for an investor with A = 2. Assume the utility function is U = E(r) Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 4 decimal places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. - 0.5 × Ag². X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. WIndex U(A = 2) 0.0111 0.0504 0.0808 x 0.1026 0.1164 X 0.1200 X WBills 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0

Calculate the required rate of return for Best Inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 1.5% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 3.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 1.2, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 10.0% over the last 5 years.

(Expected rate of return using CAPM) a. Compute the expected rate of return for Intel common stock, which has a 1.5 beta. The risk-free rate is 4 percent and the market portfolio (composed of New York Stock Exchange stocks) has an expected return of 13 percent. b. Why is the rate you computed the expected rate? a. The expected rate of return for Intel common stock is%. (Round to one decimal place.)