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HELP ME! PLEASE! 8-5) A stock has a required return of 12%; the risk-free rate i

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HELP ME! PLEASE!

8-5) A stock has a required return of 12%; the risk-free rate is 5%; and the market risk premium is 3%.

a. What is the stock's beta? Round your answer to two decimal places.
  2.33 (correct)

b. New stock's required rate of return will be  %. Round your answer to two decimal places.

8-7) Suppose you are the money manager of a $4.54 million investment fund. The fund consists of 4 stocks with the following investments and betas:

If the market's required rate of return is 10% and the risk-free rate is 4%, what is the fund's required rate of return?

1B) Potter Industries has a bond issue outstanding with an annual coupon of 6% and a 10-year maturity. The par value of the bond is $1,000. If the going annual interest rate is 7%, what is the value of the bond? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
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Quantitative Problem: Potter Industries has a bond issue outstanding with a 6% coupon rate with semiannual payments of $30, and a 10-year maturity. The par value of the bond is $1,000. If the going annual interest rate is 7%, what is the value of the bond? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
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Stock Investment Beta A $   300,000                                 1.50 B 460,000                                 - 0.50 C 1,180,000                                 1.25 D 2,600,000                                 0.75

Explanation / Answer

Answer: Calculation of the Stock Beta:

E(Rp)=Rf+beta(E(Rm-Rf)

12%=5%+beta*3%

7%=beta*3%

7/3=Beta

Beta=2.33

Answer:8-7)

Portfolio beta = [300,000/4,540,000](1.50) + [460,000/4,540,000] (-0.50) + [1,180,000/4,540,000] (1.25) + [2,600,000/4,540,000] (0.75)

bp = (0.0661)(1.5) + (0.10132)(-0.50) + (0.2599)(1.25) + (0.5726872)(0.75)

= 0.09915