Connect 1 Semester Access Card for Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259289392
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 10QP
Calculating Real Returns and Risk Premiums [LO1] For Problem 9, suppose the average inflation rate over this period was 3.5 percent and the average T-bill rate over the period was 4.2 percent.
a. What was the average real return on Crash-n-Burn’s stock?
b. What was the average nominal risk premium on Crash-n-Burn’s stock?
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