points) Suppose CAPM works‚ and you know that the expected returns on Walmart and Amazon are estimated to be 12% and 10%‚ respectively. You have just calculated extremely reliable estimates of the betas of Walmart and Amazon to be 1.30 and 0.90‚ respectively. Given this data‚ what is a reasonable estimate of the risk-free rate (the return on a long-term government bond)? (No more than two decimals in the percentage return‚ but do not enter the % sign.) First start by writing out the CAPM formula: Stock
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What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? WACC is the weighted average cost of capital. It can be calculated as: WACC = (Weight of funding source 1) x (Cost of funding source 1) + … + (Weight of funding source n) x (Cost of funding source n) Usually this will be simply: WACC = (Percentage of debt) x (Cost of debt) + (Percentage of equity) x (Cost of equity) It is important to estimate
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Introduction CAPM has been an active area of research over the past half century since the introduction of Sharpe development of the capital asset pricing model. Much progress has been made in the early years on the linear relationship between expected return and beta(Black‚ Jensen and Scholes 1972 and Fama and MacBeth 1973). Later studies however show weak empirical evidence on these relationships. Since then‚ although extended versions of CAMP have been introduced such as CAPM with higher-order
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7-1 a. A portfolio is made up of a group of individual assets held in combination. An asset that would be relatively risky if held in isolation may have little‚ or even no risk if held in a well-diversified portfolio. b. The feasible‚ or attainable‚ set represents all portfolios that can be constructed from a given set of stocks. This set is only efficient for part of its combinations. c. An efficient portfolio is that portfolio which provides the highest expected return for any degree of
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ISM Question 1 Explain various system design and development methodologies. Question 2 Write short notes on following: • Data Mining • IT Outsourcing Question 3 Differentiate between MIS and TPS [pic] http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/mashkoor-883032-tps-transaction-processing-system/ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=D7UMstcSWkoC&pg=PR173&lpg=PR173&dq=list+of+differences+between+MIS+and+TPS&source=bl&ots=C2x_cS9fQz&sig=rmM2TuHnkzbPLer
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(10 points) Suppose CAPM works‚ and you know that the expected returns on Walmart and Amazon are estimated to be 12% and 10%‚ respectively. You have just calculated extremely reliable estimates of the betas of Walmart and Amazon to be 1.30 and 0.90‚ respectively. Given this data‚ what is a reasonable estimate of the risk-free rate (the return on a long-term government bond)? (Enter the answer with no more nor less than two decimal places‚ and leave off the % sign. For example‚ if your answer is 13
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Tracy Hsiao‚ Baltic Ocean Evaluation of AQR Momentum Funds Date: Dec. 5th‚ 201r Past performance of momentum strategies – CAPM & Fama‐French MOM 4 factors model In Table 1‚ we could evaluate the past performance of momentum strategy‚ Short Decile 1 and Long Decile 10‚ a.k.a. L/S (10‐1). Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) E(R) = α + Rf + β (RM - Rf) + By applying to CAPM‚ we got a β that is almost zero (-0.08) showing the strategy could effectively diversify and reduce the market risk with stocks
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bróker online más barato y 100% confiable 3. El retorno de la inversión tiene que ser mayor al costo de capital 4. Reducción al costo de comisiones por operación de $29‚95 a $8.00 5. Cómo puede utilizarse el CAPM para estimar el costo de capital? El CAPM es igual al costo capital asociado a las empresas o al patrimonio de los accionistas Ks = Rf + b*(Km-Rf) 6. Cuál es la tasa libre de riesgo que debe tomarse? La tasa libre de riesgo a considerarse‚ es
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Dividend. (n.d.). Stock Dividend Data. Retrieved April 18‚ 2014‚ from Dividend: http://www.dividend.com/dividend-stocks/consumer-goods/beverages-soft-drinks/ko-coca-cola-co/#dividend-growth-history Investopedia. (n.d.). Capital Asset Pricing Model - CAPM. Retrieved from Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capm.asp Investopedia. (2104‚ April 18). Dividend Discount Model - DDM. Retrieved from Investopedia: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/ddm.asp Investopedia. (n.d.). Retun on Equity
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The risk-free rate is 1.5%‚ and the market risk premium is 5.0%. (a) What is next year’s projected dividend? The projected dividend D1 is D1 = D0 (1 + g) = $1.32 × 1.05 = $1.386 or $1.39 . 1 (1) (b) What is BP’s cost of equity capital based on the CAPM? The cost of equity capital rBP is rBP = rf + β [E(rm ) − rf ] = 1.5% + 0.87 [5.0%] = 1.5% + 4.35% = 5.85% .
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