Suppose Intel stock has a beta of 2.16, whereas Boeing stock has a beta of 0.69. If the risk-free interest rate is 4% and the expected return of the market portfolio is 10%, what is the expected return of a portfolio that consists of 60% Intel stock and 40% Boeing stock, according to the CAPM? Portfolio beta = Expected return
QUESTION 1: The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) contends that there is systematic and unsystematic risk for an individual security. Which is the relevant risk variable and why is it relevant? Why is the other risk variable not relevant? QUESTION 2: a. You expect an RFR of 10 percent and the market return (RM) of 14 perce
Estimate the weighted-average cost of capital for Kraft Foods (KFT). ---Feel free to use any other sources you like. - Recent financial statements of most public companies: http://www.secfilings.com/ - Stock prices: http://finance.yahoo.com. ---1. Estimate the organization's cost of equity capital based on the Capi
A share of stock with a beta of .75 now sells for $50. Investors expect the stock to pay a year-end dividend of $2. The T-bill rate is 4 percent, and the market risk premium is 7 percent. If the stock is perceived to be fairly priced today, what must be investors' expectation of the price of the stock at the end of the year?
The two companies I need to do this question for are JC Penny (JCP) and Sears (SHLD). Calculate the Cost of Equity Capital according to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) formula. For the CAPM, you can find the company's beta at finance.google.com. Use 10% as the expected return on the market portfolio. Go to http://
By walking you through a set of financial data for IBM, this assignment will help you better understand how theoretical stock prices are calculated; and how prices may react to market forces such as risk and interest rates. You will use both the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) and the Constant Growth Model (CGM) to arrive at
The riskless return is currently 6%, and Chicago Gear has estimated the contingent returns given here. State of the Market Probability that state Occurs Stock Market Chicago Gear Stagnant 0.20 -10% -15% 9.75% 15.00% Slow growth 0.35 10% 15% Average growth 0.30 15% 25% Rapid growth 0
Problem 2 (Chapter 13) Please use the following information to answer the following questions. The return on the risk-free asset is 4% and the return on the market is 14%. Security Standard Deviation Beta A 20% 1.2 B 25% 0.8 1) Which security (A or B) has the least total risk? __________________ 2) Which securit
C1. (Beta and required return) The riskless return is currently 6%, and Chicago Gear has estimated the contingent returns given here. a. Calculate the expected returns on the stock market and on Chicago Gear stock. b. What is Chicago Gear's beta? c. What is Chicago Gear's required return according to the CAPM? REALIZED RET
What does this low beta do in the CAPM, compared to a stock with a beta of 1.1?
7. Using the CAPM to calculate the cost of capital for a risky project assumes that: A. using the firm's beta is the same measure of risk as the project. B. the firm is all-equity financed. C. the financial risk is equal to business risk. D. Both A and B. E. Both A and C.
You can invest in two funds A and B with the following characteristics: Fund E(R) Beta A 12% 0.90 B 18% 1.50 The riskfree return is 5%. The market risk premium is 8%. The standard deviation of the market return is 20%. The two funds have no non-systematic risk. (Show your work) 1) What is the alpha of the two funds? 2
See attached file. Nikita Inc has a tradition of financing all their operations with equity issues. They have no debt in their capital structure. The market return on their equity is currently 14%, slightly below the return on the stock market as a whole, which is 15%. The risk free rate of interest is currently 5%. The share
Please see the attached and answer the practice problems. 1. Consider the following equally likely project outcomes: Profit X Y Pessimistic prediction $ 0 $500 Expected outcome $ 500 $500 Optimistic prediction $1000 $500 a
By walking you through a set of financial data for IBM, this assignment will help you better understand how theoretical stock prices are calculated; and how prices may react to market forces such as risk and interest rates. You will use both the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) and the Constant Growth Model (CGM) to arrive at
Please help with this capital asset pricing model problem. How would one determine the cost of equity?
I believe expenditures on human capital should be an expense not an asset. The reason I believe this is because assets usually depreciate and human capital only gets better over time, not worse. Please can you tell me why as expenditures on human capital should be an asset? Explain why.
G&G Inc. transferred an old asset with a $110,300 adjusted tax basis plus $20,000 cash in exchange for a new asset worth $150,000. Which of the following statements is false? A. The old asset's FMV is $150,000 B. If the exchange is nontaxable, G&G's recognized gain is -0- C. If the exchange is nontaxable, G&G's tax basis in
CAPM equation: Compute and explain Apple's beta. Compare to Microsoft. Please see attached document.
The Treasury bill rate is 4 percent, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 12 percent. Using the capital asset pricing model: a) What is the risk premium on the market? b) What is the required return on an investment with a beta of 1.5? c) If an investment with a beta of 8. offers an expected return of 9.8
In his critique of the CAPM, Richard Roll (1977) argued that the CAPM a) is not testeable because the true market portfolio can never be observed b) is of limited use because systematic risk can never be enterely eliminated c) should be replaced by the APT d) all of the above
Explain capital budgeting and identifying the factors that influence a capital budgeting analysis. Also, describe the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and indicate how it is used in capital budgeting.
Discuss the differences and similarities between the security market line (SML) and capital market line (CML).
Assume that the risk-free rate, is currently 9% and that the market return is currently 13%. a. Draw the security market line(SML) on a set of "nondiversifiable risk (x-axis) required return (y-axis)" axes. b. Calculate and label the market risk premium on the axis in part a. c. Given the previous data, calculate the requir
See the attached problem. 1. I am considering a security with the following possible rates of return: Probability Return (%) 0.30 9.5 0.15 12.0 0.25 15.0 0.30 16.0 Please calculate the expected rate of return and the standard deviation of the returns (round to the nearest dollar). 2. Probability Return
A project under consideration has an internal rate of return of 14 percent and a beta of .6. The risk-free rate is 4 percent, and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 14 percent. Should the project be accepted? Should the project be accepted if its beta is 1.6? Why does the answer change?
CAPM. We do Bankruptcies is a law firm that specializes in providing advice to firms in financial distress. It prospers in recessions when other firms are struggling. Consequently, its beta is negative, -.2. a. If the interest rate on Treasury bills is 5 percent and the expected return on the market portfolio is 15 percent
Discuss how financial statements, cash flow, the risk, return, and the capital asset pricing model, stocks, stock valuation and stock market equilibrium are important to one's work profession and business?
Can you help me get started with this assignment? 11. Leggio Corporation issued 20-year, 7% annual coupon bonds at their par value of $1,000 one year ago. Today, the market interest rate on these bonds has dropped to 6%. What is the new price of the bonds, given that they now have 19 years to maturity? a) $1,046.59
See the table below for computing the average returns and the standard deviation for ABC Corp and the market. Month ABC Corp Market 1 6% 4% 2 3 2 3 -1 1 4 -3 -2 5 5 2 6 0 2 a. If ABC's beta is 1.54 and the risk free rate is 8% what would be the appropriate required return for an investor owni