Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) The SML shows the relationship between companies' required returns and their diversifiable risks.The slope and intercept of this line cannot be influenced by a firm's managers, but the position of the company on the line can be influenced by its managers.
• B) Suppose you plotted the returns of a given stock against those of the market, and you found that the slope of the regression line was negative.The CAPM would indicate that the required rate of return on the stock should be less than the risk-free rate for a well-diversified investor, assuming investors expect the observed relationship to continue on into the future.
• C) If investors become less risk averse, the slope of the Security Market Line will increase.
• D) If a company increases its use of debt, this is likely to cause the slope of its SML to increase, indicating a higher required return on the stock.
• E) The slope of the SML is determined by the value of beta.

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Definitions:

Product Costs

Expenses directly tied to the production of goods or services, including materials, labor, and overhead costs.

Period Costs

Costs that are taken directly to the income statement as expenses in the period in which they are incurred or accrued.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change in total despite fluctuations in production or sales volume, such as rent, insurance, and salaries.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in product costs.