Stock a Has a Required Return of 19 Percent

question 30

Multiple Choice

Stock A has a required return of 19 percent. Stock B has a required return of 11 percent. Assume a risk-free rate of 4.75 percent. Which of the following is a correct statement about the two stocks?

• A)Stock A is riskier.
• B)Stock B is riskier.
• C)The stocks have the same risk.
• D)We would need to know if the markets are efficient to answer this question.

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Definitions:

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take an infinite number of possible values in a continuum or interval on the number line.

P(x > a)

Represents the probability of a random variable X taking a value greater than a specific number a.

P(x = a)

Represents the probability that a discrete random variable X takes on a specific value a.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states across a number of trials or instances.