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question 54

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Consider two firms,Chihuahua Corporation and Bernard Industries that are each expected to pay the same $1.5 million dividend every year in perpetuity.Chihuahua Corporation is riskier and has an equity cost of capital of 15%.Bernard Industries is not as shaky as Chihuahua,so Bernard has an equity cost of capital of only 10%.Assume that the market portfolio is not efficient.Both stocks have the same beta and an expected return of 12%.
-The market value for Bernard is closest to:

• A)$12.0 million.
• B)$10 million.
• C)$15.0 million.
• D)$12.5 million.

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