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The Treasury bill rate is 4%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%

Finance Aug 17, 2020

The Treasury bill rate is 4%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%. According to 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 beat of 1.4? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.)

c. If an investment with a beta of 0.7 offers an expected return of 9.0%, does it have a positive of negative NPV?

d. If the market expects a return of 12.0% from stock x, what is its beta?

Expert Solution

a). Computation of the risk premium on the market:-

Market risk premium = Expected market return - Risk free rate

= 14% - 4%

= 10%

 

b). Computation of the required return:-

Required return = Risk free rate + (Beta * Market risk premium)

= 4% + (1.4 * 10%)

= 4% + 14%

= 18.0%

 

c). Computation of the required return:-

Required return = Risk free rate + (Beta * Market risk premium)

= 4% + (0.7 * 10%)

= 4% + 7%

= 11%

 Investment will have a negative NPV as the expected return (9%) is less than the required return.

d). Computation of the beta:-

Expected return = Risk free rate + (Beta * Market risk premium)

12% = 4% + (Beta * 10%)

Beta * 10% = 12% - 4%

Beta = 8% / 10%

= 0.8

 

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