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question 18

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Suppose the market portfolio's excess return tends to increase by 30% when the economy is strong and decline by 20% when the economy is weak. A type S firm has excess returns increase by 45% when the economy is strong and decrease by 30% when the economy is weak. A type I firm will also have excess returns of either 45% or -30%, but the type I firm's excess returns will depend only upon firm-specific events and will be completely independent of the state of the economy.
-Suppose that Gold Digger's beta is -0.8.If the market risk premium is 8% and the risk-free interest rate is 4%,then then expected return for Gold Digger's stock is:

• A) -2.4%
• B) 4.8%
• C) 2.4%
• D) 10.4%

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