10. Which one of the following stocks is correctly priced, if the risk-free rate of return is 2.5 percent and the market risk premium is 8 percent? Stock Beta Expected Return A 0.68 8.2% B 1.42 13.9% C 1.23 11.8% D 1.31 12.6% E 0.94 9.7%

You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 25 percent stock a, 25 percent stock b, and the remainder in stock c. based on the following information, what is the expected return of your portfolio? state of economy probability of state return if state occurs of economy stock a stock b stock c recession .16 - 16.4 % - 2.7 % - 21.6 % normal .55 12.6 % 7.3 % 15.9 % boom .29 26.2 % 14.6 % 30.5 %

Consider the following two projects. both have costs of $5,000 in year 1. project 1 provides benefits of $2,000 in each of the first four years only. the second provides benefits of $2,000 for each of years 6 to 10 only. compute the net benefits using a discount rate of 6 percent. repeat using a discount rate of 12 percent. what can you conclude from this exercise?

Suppose that with a budget of $110, deborah spends $66 on sushi and $44 on bagels when sushi costs $2 per piece and bagels cost $2 per bagel. but then, the price of bagels falls to $1 per bagel.