White Company Stock Has a Beta of 2 and a Required

question 93

Multiple Choice

White Company stock has a beta of 2 and a required return of 23%,while Black Company stock has a beta of 1.0 and a required return of 14%.The standard deviation of returns for White Company is 10% more than the standard deviation for Black Company.The risk-free rate of return according to the CAPM is

• A) 4%.
• B) 5%.
• C) 6%.
• D) impossible to determine with the information given.

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Definitions:

Second Messenger

Intracellular signaling molecules released by the cell to trigger physiological changes in response to external signals.

Hormone Mechanism

The method by which hormones act to regulate various bodily functions, involving synthesis, secretion, and cellular interaction.

cAMP

Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, a second messenger important in many biological processes, including the transduction of hormonal signals and the regulation of metabolism.

G Protein

A family of proteins that act as molecular switches inside cells, involved in transmitting signals from a variety of stimuli outside a cell to its interior.