What is the return on the market and risk-free rate


1. Consider the following two stocks:


Beta

Expected Return

Murck Pharmaceutical

1.4

25%

Pizer Drug Corp.

0.7

14%

Assume the CAPM holds. Based upon the CAPM, what is the return on the market? What is the risk-free rate?

2. Suppose you observe the following situation:

Return if a State Occurs

State of Economy

Probability

Stock A

Stock B

Bust

.25

-.10

-.30

Normal

.50

.10

.05

Boom

.25

.20

.40

a. Calculate the expected return of each stock.

b. Assuming the CAPM is true and stock A's beta is greater than stock B's beta by .25, what is the risk premium?

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