Thursday, July 8, 2021

You are thinking about purchasing 1,000 shares of stock in the following firms:

You are thinking about purchasing 1,000 shares of stock in the following firms:

                                               
                                 Number of Shares             Firm's Beta
        Firm A                          100                                  0.75
        Firm B                          200                                  1.47
        Firm C                          200                                  0.82
        Firm D                          600                                  1.60

If you purchase the number of shares specified, then the beta of your portfolio will be:
A) 1.16.
B) 1.35.
C) 1.00.
D) Cannot be determined without knowing the stock prices.


Use the following information to answer the following question(s).

                                                                Beta
        Market                                           1
        Firm A                                           1.25
        Firm B                                           0.6

Market Return            10%               Risk Free Rate     2%

The market risk premium is
A) 2%.
B) 4%.
C) 6%.
D) 8%.

Firm A's risk premium is
A) 4%.
B) 6%.
C) 8%.
D) 10%.

Firm B's risk premium is
A) 2.66%.
B) 4.8%.
C) 6.3%.
D) 8.1%.


The required rate of return for Firm A is
A) 8%.
B) 12%.
C) 16%.
D) Cannot be determined with information given.

U. S. Treasury bills can be used to approximate the risk-free rate.
Answer:  TRUE

Long-term bonds issued by large, established corporations are commonly used to estimate the risk-free rate.
Answer:  FALSE

The market beta changes frequently with economic conditions.
Answer:  FALSE

The S&P 500 Index is commonly used to estimate the market rate of return.
Answer:  TRUE


The security market line (SML) intercepts the Y axis at the risk-free rate.
Answer:  FALSE

The security market line can drawn by connecting the risk-free rate and the expected return on the market portfolio.
Answer:  TRUE

If investors expected inflation to increase in the future, the SML would shift up, but the slope would remain the same.
Answer:  TRUE

If investors became more risk averse The SML would shift downward and the slope of the SML would fall.
Answer:  FALSE

A security with a beta of zero has a required rate of return equal to the overall market rate of return.
Answer:  FALSE

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