Your Opinion Is That CSCO Has an Expected Rate of Return

question 34

Multiple Choice

Your opinion is that CSCO has an expected rate of return of 0.1375.It has a beta of 1.3.The risk-free rate is 0.04 and the market expected rate of return is 0.115.According to the Capital Asset Pricing Model,this security is

• A) underpriced by 10%.
• B) overpriced.
• C) fairly priced.
• D) cannot be determined from data provided.
• E) underpriced by 5%.

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