enhanced by the inclusion of a risk-free investment that pays 1%. Does access to this asset change your answer to 1e) above? Feel free to use calculations. 3. What is the beta of Small in the problem above? What is the beta of Big? If the CAPM is true‚ is Small in equilibrium‚ is it undervalued or is it overvalued? What about Big? You may continue to assume that the risk-free rate is 1%. 4. Download the spreadsheet labeled “Homework 3 Problem 4 Spreadsheet” from the course website
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Ford Date: 2/13/13 Subject: Nike’s Cost of Capital I agree with Ms. Ford’s estimate of Nike’s Cost of Capital at 8.4% The WACC is the appropriate method for valuing Nike’s capital. The WACC takes your cost of debt x the percent of capital + CAPM x equity percent of capital and it tells the rate of return the company needs to return based on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses the Japanese
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` Cover Type B TO BE RETURNED AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION. THIS PAPER MUST NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE EXAM CENTRE. SURNAME:____________________________________ FIRST NAME:____________________________________ STUDENT NO:____________________________________ COURSE:____________________________________ 25556 The Financial System Special exam‚ spring semester‚ 2011 Time Allowed: 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. Exam day and date:
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Chapter 8 Risk and Return: Capital Market Theory 8-1. To find the expected return from James Fromholtz’s investment opportunity‚ we will use equation 7-3: where i indexes the various states of nature that are possible. We can picture the states of nature for James’s opportunity as: Despite the symmetrical appearance of the graph‚ the outcomes are not symmetrical: There are many more outcomes that are positive than negative. Only the 100% return (probability 5%) is negative; 95% of the weight
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[pic] Subject Title: Organization Analysis & Strategy Insight Scheme Subject Leader: Mr.Maninder Singh [pic] Students Name: Mandeep Singh Roll No: 27 Lovekesh Mitta 25 Meha goel 28 Mohd. Faisal 31 Mohd. Jahas 30 Mohd. Usama 29 Mahesh Jagannathan 26 Section:SD2 BAJAJ PULSAR: “DEFINITELY MALE” Bajaj Pulsar
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The rate of return on equity represents the percentage return a company needs to achieve to be worth investing in. Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ as it’s the most widely used and best known model of risk and return‚ we can determine the required rate of return on equity of Naturally Fresh Plc. The basic principle of CAPM is to compensate investors by considering the risk and time value of money. It represents this by incorporating the following factors: 1. A risk- free rate(rf)
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viewpoint of investors. Explain your reasoning a. A large fire severely damages three major U.S. cities. b. A substantial unexpected rise in the price of oil. c. A major lawsuit is filed against one large publicly traded corporation. 2. Use the CAPM to answer the following questions: a. Find the Expected Rate of Return on the Market Portfolio given that the Expected Rate of Return on Asset "i" is 10%‚ the Risk-Free Rate is 3%‚ and the Beta (b) for Asset "i" is 1.5. b. Find the Risk-Free Rate
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the future and the return each was likely to experience in different situations. PART #2 METHODOLOGIES 1) Beta= [ Cov(r‚ Km) ] / [ StdDev(Km) ]2 R= is the return rate of the investment Km = is the return rate of the asset class 2) CAPM= ra = rf + Betaa(rm - rf) Ra= is the asset price Rf = is the risk-free rate of return Beta= is the risk premium Rm =is the market rate of return 3) Rate of Return 4) 5) PART #3 SOLUTIONS 1) Beta of Stock A= 1.315 Beta of
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P8-17 Total‚ Nondiversifiable and Diversifiable Risk c) Because Diversifiable risk can be eliminated through portfolio diversification‚ the more relevant risk is the Nondiversifiable risk. This kind of risk can be attributed to market forces and factors that affect ALL the firms and cannot be eliminated through portfolio diversification. In this case‚ the nondiversifiable risk is about 6.00%. Notice that the area between the red curve and the green line (which represents the diversifiable risk)
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INTRODUCTION: A portfolio manager at North Point Large cap Fund‚ Kimi Ford‚ considers buying shares of Nike‚ Inc. for her mutual fund management firm. In the mid of 2001‚ Nike arranges for an analyst meeting to disclose its Fiscal year results and also to discuss on renewing its strategies to boost its sales growth‚ profits and market share which were all declining. To cope from the situation it decides to develop athletic shoes in the mid-price segment‚ enhance revenues from its apparel line
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