Nelson Enterprises,an All-Equity Firm,has a Beta of 2

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Multiple Choice

Nelson Enterprises,an all-equity firm,has a beta of 2.0.Nelson's chief financial officer is evaluating a project with an expected return of 21%,before any risk adjustment.The risk-free rate is 7%,and the market risk premium is 6%.The project being evaluated is riskier than Nelson's average project,in terms of both its beta risk and its total risk.Which of the following statements is correct?

• A)The project should definitely be accepted because its expected return (before any risk adjustments) is greater than its required return.
• B)The project should definitely be rejected because its expected return (before risk adjustments) is less than its required return.
• C)Riskier-than-average projects should have their expected returns increased to reflect their higher risk. Clearly, this would make the project acceptable regardless of the amount of the adjustment.
• D)The accept/reject decision depends on the firm's risk-adjustment policy. If Nelson's policy is to increase the required return on a riskier-than-average project to 3% over r_S, then it should reject the project.

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