Finance Chapter 1-5, 7-10
1. Barker Corp. has a beta of 1.10, the real risk-free rate is 2.00%, investors expect a 3.00% future inflation rate, and the market risk premium is 4.70%. What is Barker's required rate of return?
Answer
D
| | |
|2010 |21.00% |
|2009 |-12.50% |
|2008 |25.00% |
| | |
Answer
B
| |20.08% | | | |20.59% | | | |21.11% | | | |21.64% | | | |22.18% | |
4. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
A
| |A portfolio with a large number of randomly selected stocks would have more market risk than a single stock that has a beta of 0.5, assuming that the stock's beta was correctly calculated and is stable. | | | |If a stock has a negative beta, its expected return must be negative. | | | |A portfolio with a large number of randomly selected stocks would have less market risk than a single stock that has a beta of 0.5. | | | |According to the CAPM, stocks with higher standard deviations of returns must also have higher expected returns. | | | |If the returns on two stocks are perfectly positively correlated (i.e., the correlation coefficient is +1.0) and these stocks have identical standard deviations, an equally weighted portfolio of the two stocks will have a standard deviation that is less than that of the individual stocks. | |
5. Brodkey Shoes has a beta of 1.30, the T-bill rate is 3.00%, and the T-bond rate is 6.5%. The annual return on the stock market during the past 3 years was 15.00%, but investors expect the annual future stock market return to be 13.00%. Based on the SML, what is the firm's required return?
Answer
E
| |13.51% | | | |13.86% | | | |14.21% | | | |14.58%
Answer
D
| | |
|2010 |21.00% |
|2009 |-12.50% |
|2008 |25.00% |
| | |
Answer
B
| |20.08% | | | |20.59% | | | |21.11% | | | |21.64% | | | |22.18% | |
4. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
Answer
A
| |A portfolio with a large number of randomly selected stocks would have more market risk than a single stock that has a beta of 0.5, assuming that the stock's beta was correctly calculated and is stable. | | | |If a stock has a negative beta, its expected return must be negative. | | | |A portfolio with a large number of randomly selected stocks would have less market risk than a single stock that has a beta of 0.5. | | | |According to the CAPM, stocks with higher standard deviations of returns must also have higher expected returns. | | | |If the returns on two stocks are perfectly positively correlated (i.e., the correlation coefficient is +1.0) and these stocks have identical standard deviations, an equally weighted portfolio of the two stocks will have a standard deviation that is less than that of the individual stocks. | |
5. Brodkey Shoes has a beta of 1.30, the T-bill rate is 3.00%, and the T-bond rate is 6.5%. The annual return on the stock market during the past 3 years was 15.00%, but investors expect the annual future stock market return to be 13.00%. Based on the SML, what is the firm's required return?
Answer
E
| |13.51% | | | |13.86% | | | |14.21% | | | |14.58%