A. A stock's returns have the following distribution:
Demand for the
Company's Products Probability of This
Demand Occurring Rate of Return If
This Demand Occurs
Weak 0.1 (22%)
Below average 0.2 (12)
Average 0.3 17
Above average 0.2 33
Strong 0.2 56
1.0
Calculate the stock's expected return. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%
Calculate the stock's standard deviation. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%
Calculate the stock's coefficient of variation. Round your answer to two decimal places.
B. A stock has a required return of 16%; the risk-free rate is 4.5%; and the market risk premium is 5%.
What is the stock's beta? Round your answer to two decimal places.
If the market risk premium increased to 7%, what would happen to the stock's required rate of return? Assume that the risk-free rate and the beta remain unchanged. :
I. If the stock's beta is greater than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium.
II. If the stock's beta is less than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium.
III. If the stock's beta is greater than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be less than the change in the market risk premium.
IV. If the stock's beta is equal to 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium.
V. If the stock's beta is equal to 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be less than the change in the market risk premium.
New stock's required rate of return will be ?%. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Answer:

Following are the response to the given question:

Explanation:

For question 1:

The weighted average of each return is the expected return.

[tex]Expected\ return = 0.1 \times -0.22 + 0.2 \times -0.12 + 0.3 \times 0.17 + 0.2 \times 0.33 + 0.2 \times 0.56 \\\\[/tex]

                           [tex]= 0.1830 \\\\= 18.30\%[/tex]

For question 2:

Standard deviation is a measured source of the square deviations from the mean via probability.

[tex]Std \ dev = [0.1 \times (0.183-(-0.22))^2 + 0.2 \times (0.183-(-0.12))^2 + 0.3\times(0.183-0.17)^2 + 0.2\times (0.183-0.33)^2 + 0.2\times (0.183-0.56)^2]^{(\frac{1}{2})}\\\\[/tex]

             [tex]= 0.2596 \\\\= 25.96\%[/tex]

For question 3:

For point a:

[tex]\text{Coefficient of variation} = \frac{std \ dev}{expected\ return} \\\\[/tex]

                                    [tex]=\frac{0.2596}{0.183} \\\\= 1.42[/tex]

For point b:

As per the CAPM:  [tex]\text{Required return = risk free rate + beta}\times \text{market risk premium}[/tex]

[tex]\to 16\% = 4.5\% + beta\times 5\%\\\\\to beta = 2.3[/tex]

 In Option I:

When the beta of the stock exceeds 1.0, the change in the required rate of return must be higher than the increase in the premium of market risk. Beta is the degree to which stock return changes as market returns change.

 [tex]\text{Required return = risk free rate + beta}\times \text{market risk premium}[/tex]

[tex]Required \ return = 4.5\% + 2.3\times 7\%\\\\Required \ return = 20.6\%\\\\[/tex]