Top hedge fund manager Sally Buffit believes that a stock with the same market risk as the S&P 500 will sell at year-end at a price of $42. The stock will pay a dividend at year-end of $4.00. Assume that risk-free Treasury securities currently offer an interest rate of 1.7%.   Average rates of return on Treasury bills, government bonds, and common stocks, 1900–2017 (figures in percent per year) are as follows.   Portfolio Average AnnualRate of Return (%) Average Premium (Extra returnversus Treasury bills) (%) Treasury bills   3.8         Treasury bonds   5.3     1.5   Common stocks   11.5     7.7       a. What is the discount rate on the stock? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)   b. What price should she be willing to pay for the stock today? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Top hedge fund manager Sally Buffit believes that a stock with the same market risk as the S&P 500 will sell at year-end at a price of $42. The stock will pay a dividend at year-end of $4.00. Assume that risk-free Treasury securities currently offer an interest rate of 1.7%.

 

Average rates of return on Treasury bills, government bonds, and common stocks, 1900–2017 (figures in percent per year) are as follows.

 

Portfolio Average Annual
Rate of Return (%)
Average Premium (Extra return
versus Treasury bills) (%)
Treasury bills   3.8        
Treasury bonds   5.3     1.5  
Common stocks   11.5     7.7  
 

 

a. What is the discount rate on the stock? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

 

b. What price should she be willing to pay for the stock today? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

 

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