Working with risk and return for purchase of risky asset: beta coefficient of .85
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If the required risk-free rate of return is estimated to be 4% and the expected rate of return on the market is 9%, what is the required rate of return on any risky asset held in a diversified portfolio when the asset's beta coefficient is 0.85?
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The solution explains and computes the steps necessary to arrive at required rate of return on any risky asset.
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To answer this question you could use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The CAPM equation is as follows:
ERi = Rf + (ERm - Rf)b
This states that the required rate of return (or the expected rate of return) of a risky asset 'i', ...
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