Jensen Corp. has an expected excess return of 3% for the coming year. The company's beta is 0.8 and the expected market rate of return is 10%. Suppose that the actual market rate of return is 13%. Based on this information, what is your revised expectation for Jensen's excess return? a) 6.0% b) 12.4% c) 5.4% d) 15.4%

Calculate the required rate of return for Mudd Enterprises assuming that investors expect a 4.3% rate of inflation in the future. The real risk-free rate is 2.0%, and the market risk premium is 7.0%. Mudd has a beta of 1.2, and its realized rate of return has averaged 12.0% over the past 5 years. Round your answer to two decimal places.

The SPDR (Standard & Poor 500) ETF has average annual return of 1.5% and standard deviation of 9.1%. If you invest $10,000 in the SPDR, what is the maximum annual loss you can expect with 99% confidence (note: a 99% level of confidence equates 2.576σ) [that is, the Value-at-Risk @1% quantile]?

7. The firm expects earnings and dividends to grow at a rate of 25% for the next 4 years, after the growth rate in earnings and dividends will fall to zero, i.e., g = 0. The company's last dividend, Do, was P 1.25, its beta is 1.20, the market risk premium is 5.50%, and the risk-free rate is 3.00%. What is the current price of the common stock? a. P 26.77 c. P 27.89 f. P42.35 b. P 29.05 d. P 30.21 8. The firm's last dividend was P 1.75. Its dividend growth rate is expected to be constant at 25% for 2 years, after which dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 6% forever. Its required return (r.) is 12%. What is the best estimate of the current stock price? e. P31.42