Use the Table for the Question(s)below

question 57

Multiple Choice

Use the table for the question(s) below.
-Suppose a risky security pays an average cash flow of $100 in one year.The risk-free rate is 5%,and the expected return on the market index is 13%.If the returns on this security are high when the economy is strong and low when the economy is weak,but the returns vary by only half as much as the market index,then the price for this risky security is closest to:

• A)$88.
• B)$92.
• C)$93.
• D)$95.

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Definitions:

Average Total Cost

A firm’s total cost divided by output (the quantity of product produced); equal to average fixed cost plus average variable cost.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion, leading to a reduction in the average cost per unit through increased production.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business grows to a point where the costs per unit increase, opposed to saving costs, often due to managerial inefficiencies or complexity.

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation in which increasing the amount of all inputs used in production by a certain factor results in output increasing by the same factor.