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FIN 300 Quiz 5 Risk and Return Solutions
1 & 2. Terry Dactel is considering the purchase of an asset having the
following cash flows:
Ki Prob
20 .40 8 10 100 .40
10 .50 5 0 0 .50
-30 .10 -3 -40 1600 .10 160.00
Exp. value 10 200.00 std. dev. = 14.14
3. Polly Khan is trying to calculate the risk-free rate given the following
information: The current market rate of interest is 8%. Investor’s have been
requiring a 10% annual return on Builtrite’s stock which has a beta of 1.5.
What is the current risk-free rate?
40.00
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