The Risk-Free Rate Is 6%; Stock a Has a Beta

question 124

Multiple Choice

The risk-free rate is 6%; Stock A has a beta of 1.0; Stock B has a beta of 2.0; and the market risk premium, rM − rRF, is positive. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) If the risk-free rate increases but the market risk premium stays unchanged, Stock B's required return will increase by more than Stock A's.
• B) Stock B's required rate of return is twice that of Stock A.
• C) If Stock A's required return is 11%, then the market risk premium is 5%.
• D) If Stock B's required return is 11%, then the market risk premium is 5%.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

Values range, derived from the examination of a sample, expected to enfold the value of a concealed population parameter.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing the values and dividing by the count of numbers.

Variability

Indicates the range and dispersion of individual scores from the mean in a dataset.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, providing a measure of uncertainty around a sample estimate.