The Risk-Free Rate Is 3

question 10

Multiple Choice

The risk-free rate is 3.4 percent and the expected return on the market is 10.8 percent.Stock A has a beta of 1.18.For a given year,stock A returned 13.6 percent while the market returned 11.8 percent.The systematic portion of the unexpected return was ________ percent and the unsystematic portion was ________ percent.

• A) 1.045; 0.207
• B) 1.145; 0.126
• C) 1.180; 0.288
• D) 1.344; 1.443
• E) 1.500; 1.449

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Definitions:

Law of Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that as more units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the additional output produced by each new unit will eventually decrease.

Plant Size

The scale or capacity of a factory or production facility, which can affect production efficiency, costs, and the ability to meet demand.

Short Run

A period in economics during which the quantities of at least one input, such as plant size, cannot be changed.

Variable

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.