Average Annual Rates Standard Deviation
T-Bills Inflation Real T-Bill T-Bills Inflation Real T-Bill
All months 3.46 2.35 0.56 3.12 4.07 3.81
First half 1.04 1.68 − 0.29 1.29 5.95 6.27
Recent half 4.45 3.53 0.90 3.11 2.89 2.13
(1926-2016) Market Index Big Growth Big Value Small Growth Small Value
Mean excess return (annualized) 0.83 7.98 11.67 8.79 15.56
Standard deviation (annualized) 18.64 18.50 24.62 26.21 28.36
Required:
1. Suppose that the inflation rate is expected to be 2.35% in the near future using the data provided above, what would be your predictions for the following? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.).
a. The T-bill rate? %
b. The expected rate of return on the Big/Value portfolio? %
c. The risk premium on th stock market?

Identify which of the twelve basic functions listed below fit the description given.

The table shows the demand and supply schedules for magazines. complete the following sentences. the equilibrium price of a magazine is $ 4 and the equilibrium quantity is 150 magazines a week. price (dollars per magazine) quantity demanded quantity supplied (magazines per week) 3.00 160 138 3.50 155 144 4.00 150 150 4.50 145 156 5.00 140 161 now a fall in the price of a newspaper decreases the quantity demanded by 11 magazines a week at each price. at the original equilibrium price, a occurs. to return to equilibrium, the price of a magazine a. surplus; rises b. shortage; rises c. shortage; falls d. surplus; falls as the market returns to equilibrium, the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied a. decreases; increases b. decreases; decreases c. increases; decreases d. increases; increases the new equilibrium price is $ nothing a magazine.

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics.each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings.equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g