The current price of a non-dividend-paying stock is $30. Over the next six months it is expected to rise to $36 or fall to $26. Assume the risk-free rate is zero. What is the risk-neutral probability of that the stock price will be $36? Choose the right answer:   a. 0.3 b. 0.4 c. 0.5 d. 0.6

Ο A stock has a required return of 16%, the risk-free rate is 5.5%, and the market risk premium is 4%. a. What is the stock's beta? Round your answer to two decimal places. b. If the market risk premium increased to 7%, what would happen to the stock's required rate of return? Assume that the risk-free rate and the beta remain unchanged. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. I. If the stock's beta is greater than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium. II. If the stock's beta is less than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium. III. If the stock's beta is greater than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be less than the change in the market risk premium. IV. If the stock's beta is equal to 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk…

A stock has an expected return of 18.0 percent, a beta of 1.90, and the return on the market is 11.60 percent. What must the risk-free rate be? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Risk-free rate

Suppose that your estimates of the possible one-year returns from investing in the common stock of the AYZ Corporation were as follows:   Probability of occurrence 0.15 0.25 0.3 0.15 0.15 Possible return -10% 5% 20% 35% 50%   What are the expected return? Calculate the standard deviation?

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Assume that the CAPM is a good description of stock price returns. The market expected return is 7% with 10% volatility and the risk-free rate is 3%. New news arrives that does not change any of these numbers but it does change the expected return of the following stocks: - a. Calculate the alpha for each stock in the table. b. At current market prices, which stocks represent buying opportunities? On which stocks should you put a sell order in? a. Calculate the alpha for each stock in the table. Complete the table with the alphas below: (Round to two decimal places.) Green Leaf Expected Return Volatility 12% 20% Beta Alpha 1.50 %% Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Expected Return Volatility Beta Green Leaf 12% 20% 1.50 NatSam 10% 40% 1.80 HanBel 9% 30% 0.75 Rebecca Automobile 6% 35% 1.20 - X

A. If a stock costs $55 one month and drops to $45 the next month, what is the expected stock price the next month, if we assume the stock follows a random walk?  B. Explain both technical and fundamental analysis and what form of the efficient market hypothesis corresponds to each.

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%

Suppose your expectations regarding the stock price are as follows: State of the Market Boom Normal growth Recession Probability Ending Price 0.26 $ 140 0.25 110 0.49 80 Use the equations E (r) = Ep (s) r(s) and o² = Ep (s) [r(s) — E(r)]² to compute the mean and standard deviation of the HPR on - S S Mean Standard deviation HPR (including dividends) 55.0% 21.0 -16.0 stocks. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. % %

Assume the Black-Scholes framework. You are given: i. S(t) is the stock price at time t. ii. The stock's volatility is 25%. iii. The continuously compounded expected rate of return is 8%. iv. The stock pays dividends continuously at a rate of 3% proportional to its price. v. The continuously compounded risk-free interest rate is 4%. vi. The current stock price is S (0) 125. Calculate Pr (S (4) > 150 S (2) - 120). Possible Answers A. 0.30 0.40 C 0.65 D. 0.70 0.85