Question 3. a) Which security has more total risk?   b) Which security has more systematic risk?   c) Which security should have the higher expected return? Why?

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a) Which security has more total risk?

 

b) Which security has more systematic risk?

 

c) Which security should have the higher expected return? Why?

 

QUESTION 4.

 

The company XYZ has 2.5 million share of common stock outstanding and 60,000 bonds (par value of the bond is $1,000) with semi-annual coupon payments of $40 per bond. The bonds have 8 years to maturity and sell for $900,

 

The common stock has a beta of 1.34 and sells for $42 a share. The US. Treasury bill is yielding 2.8 percent and the return on the market is 11.2 percent

 

The corporate tax rate is 21 percent. What is the Company's weighted average cost of capital?

  

 

Consider the following information:
Security A
Security B
Standard Deviation
15%
35%
Beta
1.55
0.90
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following information: Security A Security B Standard Deviation 15% 35% Beta 1.55 0.90
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