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Calculate the required rate of return for Best Inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a
1% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3%, (3) the market risk premium
is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 1.2, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 10.0%
over the last 5 years.
Nominal risk free rate=Real risk free rate+Rate of inflation
=(3+1)=4%
Required return=Nominal risk free rate+Beta*market risk premium
=4+(1.2*5)
=10%