What financial concept or principle is the problem asking to solve and is there any additional information missing from this problem that would enhance the decision-making process?
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Suppose a three-factor model is appropriate to describe the returns of a stock. Information about those three factors is presented in the following chart. Suppose this is the only information you have concerning the factors.
Factor Beta of Factor Expected Value Actual Value
GNP 0.0042 $4,416 $4,480
Inflation -1.40 3.1% 4.3%
Interest Rate -0.67 9.5% 11.8%
a. what financial concept or principle is the problem asking to solve.
b. in the context of the problem scenario, what are some business decisions that a manager would be able to make after solving this problem.
c. is there any additional information missing from this problem that would enhance the decision-making process.
d. without showing mathemathical calculations, explain in writing how you would solve the problem.
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a. The problem basically is about the return on a stock being affected by systematic risk and unsystematic risk (the data for which is not given in the problem)
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