Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 19

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
(Please use a copy of the Cumulative Probabilities for the standard normal distribution for these problems. )
Taggart Transcontinental's stock has a volatility of 25% and a current stock price of $40 per share.Taggart pays no dividends.The risk-free interest rate is 4%.
-Which of the following is NOT an input required by the Black-Scholes option pricing model?

• A)The expected volatility of the stock
• B)The expected return on the stock
• C)The risk-free interest rate
• D)The current stock price

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Definitions:

Non-rejection

Refers to the decision in statistical hypothesis testing where there is insufficient evidence to discard the null hypothesis.

Decision Rule

Rule specifying the values of the statistic that result in the decision to reject or not reject the null hypothesis.

Region of Rejection

The range of values in hypothesis testing that leads to rejection of the null hypothesis, indicating statistical significance.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes there is an effect, or there is a difference, contrary to the null hypothesis.