Using the CAPM equation, if the risk free rate is 1% per annum, the market risk premium is 4% and a stocks beta is 1.1, what is the expected return on the stock? If the stock is suddenly seen as less risky and it moves one to one with the market (ie its beta=1) what would be the required return? Please provide clear working
Please help me figure out how to do this practice assignment. I only have 3 hours to learn it before I take an exam that covers similar material. Thanks. The questions are about cost of equity, CAPM and bond premium method.
For the following article from the Journal of Finance & Accounting: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-5957.00146/abstract Explain the methodology, gap and key conclusions.
3. You are evaluating various investment opportunities currently available and you have Calculated expected returns and standard deviations for five different well-diversified portfolios of risky assets: Portfolio // Expected Return // Standard Deviation Q 7.8% 10.5% R 10.0 14.0 S 4.6 5.0 T 11.7 18.5 U 6.2 7.5 a. For eac
We assume that the Kroger Co. is considering a new project. The project has 6 years life. This project requires initial investment of $180 million to construct building, and purchase equipment, and $12 million for shipping & installation fee. The fixed assets fall in the 5 year MACRS class. The salvage value of fixed assets is $
Need a clearer and more defined explanation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 specifically: - How would Bonus Depreciation affect a company's stock price - If a CEO wanted to take his/her company public, how would the ARRA assist the company to minimize risk and return - How would the Capital Asset Pricing M
Would you ever use CAPM to make personal investment decisions? Why or why not?
I have 2 finance problems which I need help with. I need step-by-step explanations please. Thanks. 1. A stock has a beta of 1.24. The expected return on the market is 11.5% and the risk free rate is 3.4%. What is the expected rate of return on the stock? 2. You own a portfolio that has $3,400 invested in Stock A and $4
Question: Define the following terms and explain how they affect one another. More specifically, for what purposes are they used and how do they relate to one another: efficient portfolio, individual investor, short selling, Sharpe ratio, beta and CAPM. Provide an example with each definition.
XYZ has an asset beta of 1 and a cost of capital of 15%. A new project is being explored with a beta of .2 and an IRR of 10%. Inserting the projects beta into the CAPM reveals a return of 5% based on project risk. Should the firm accept or reject the project? Explain.
The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) relates the risk return trade-off of individual assets to market returns so that a security has a risk-free rate of return and a premium for risk. -Explain in detail the components of CAPM. -Please also include the formula and an explanation of beta.
Explain the challenge of estimating or coming with a good "feel" for the "cost of equity capital" or the rate of return that you feel your company investors require as the minimum rate of return that they expect of my company (Lowes Companies, Inc.) to earn on their investment in the shares of the company. Which of the thre
Please use the following (hypothetical) information to calculate the "cost of equity" by using the CAPM model: RE = RF + Beta(RM - RF) Nike = 20% + 0.80(7.50% - 20%) = Sony = 20% + 1.40(8.50% - 20%) = McDonald's = 20% + 0.30(9.50% - 20%) =
Please check CAPM calculations for Nike, Sony and McDonalds. CAPM would calculate Nike's current cost of equity at 2.859% RE = RF + Beta(RM - RF) RE = 20% + 0.91(7.50% - 20%) RE = 2.859% This calculation is based on a variable market rate of return and a risk free rate. Using a variable market rate of return may be appr
If Wild Widgets, Inc. were an all-equity company it would have a beta of 1.55. The company has a target debt-equity ratio of 0.4. The expected return on the market portfolio is 12.9 percent, and Treasury bills currently yield 5.9 percent. The company has one bond issue outstanding that matures in 23 years and has an 6.8 percent
I have chosen the following 3 companies to invest stock in Ford Motors (Automotive) Johnson & Johnson (Drug company) Target (Retail Chain) I need help finding the current yield of the 10-year treasury bond and calculating the required rate of return for each of them. I need to be able to show my work and explain how the
Based on the following information, calculate the required return based on the CAPM: Risk Free Rate = 3% Market Return = 10.5% Beta = 1.2
1. Risk & Return and the CAPM. Based on the following information, calculate the required return based on the CAPM: Risk Free Rate = 3.5% Market Return =10% Beta = 1.08 2. Risk and Return, Coefficient of Variation Based on the following information, calculate the coefficient of variation and select the best investm
Nero Violins has the following capital structure: Security Beta Total Market Value ($millions) Debt 0 $100 Preferred stock .20 40 Common Stock
Discuss differences between the binomial option pricing model and the risk-neutral method of option pricing
1) You are considering three stocks with the following expected dividend yields and capital gains: DIVIDEND YIELD CAPITAL GAIN A 14% 0% B 8% 6% C 0 14% A) What is the expected return on each stock? B) How many transactions costs and capital gains taxes affect your choices among the three securities? 3. You are given the
Can someone please explain in detail (using excel) how I would book the following example: 1. An asset that was purchased in Feb. 2008 for $25,000 has been depreciating via straight line method for the past 4 years. 2. Then, we sold the asset in June 2012 for $1,800. How do I book the transactions and what accounts do I
Justify the current market price of the organization's (Walmart) debt, if any, and equity using various capital valuation models. - Show calculations that support your findings, including those involving rate of return. - Defend which valuation model best supports your findings.
In the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) why do we use beta ß, rather than standard deviation of returns, as our measure of risk? Why is it that the formula for beta fits in with the meaning of beta as non-diversitifiable risk?
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Andrea Corbridge is considering forming a portfolio consisting of Kalama Corp. and Adelphia Technologies. The corporations have a correlation of -0.1789, and their expected returns and standard deviations are as follows: Kalama Corp. Adelphia Technologies Expected returns (%) 14.86 23.11 Standard Deviation (%) 23.36 31.89
1. (Capital asset pricing model) MFI Inc. has a beta of .86. If the expected market return is 11.5 percent and the risk-free is 7.5 percent, which is the appropriate return of MFI (using the CAPM)? 2. (Computing bolding-period returns) a. From the price data here, compute the holding-period returns for Jazman and Solomon for
1) Stock valuation: universal lever, Inc. just paid dividend of $2.75 on its stock. The growth rate in dividend is expected to be a constant 6 percent per year, indefinitely. Investors require a 16 percent return on the stock for the first three years, a 14 percent return for the next three years, and then an 11 percent return t
1. (Expected rate of return and risk) Summerville Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, which investment is better, based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return of each? COMMON STOCK A COMMON STOCK B PROBABILITY RETURN PROBABILY RETURN .3
Question 1: Flying Penguins Corp. has total current assets of $11,845,175, current liabilities of $5,311,020, and an inventory of $7,000,000. What is the quick ratio? Question 2: NBA sensation Jeremy Lin is negotiating a new 5-year contract with the New York Knicks. The Knicks offer him the following "Lincredible" com