Please show working   Please answer ALL OF QUESTIONS 1 AND 2   1. Suppose you are the money manager of a $4.95 million investment fund. The fund consists of four stocks with the following investments and betas: Stock Investment Beta A $   280,000                                 1.50 B 460,000                                 (0.50) C 1,260,000                                 1.25 D 2,950,000                                 0.75 If the market's required rate of return is 8% and the risk-free rate is 4%, what is the fund's required rate of return? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.    2. Madsen Motors's bonds have 13 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually; they have a $1,000 par value; the coupon interest rate is 10%; and the yield to maturity is 5%. What is the bond's current market price? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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1. Suppose you are the money manager of a $4.95 million investment fund. The fund consists of four stocks with the following investments and betas:

Stock Investment Beta
A $   280,000                                 1.50
B 460,000                                 (0.50)
C 1,260,000                                 1.25
D 2,950,000                                 0.75

If the market's required rate of return is 8% and the risk-free rate is 4%, what is the fund's required rate of return? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. 

 

2. Madsen Motors's bonds have 13 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually; they have a $1,000 par value; the coupon interest rate is 10%; and the yield to maturity is 5%. What is the bond's current market price? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

 

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