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An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: |
Project | Beta | IRR | |||||
W | .57 | 9.1 | % | ||||
X | .88 | 9.8 | |||||
Y | 1.12 | 12.2 | |||||
Z | 1.48 | 15.3 | |||||
The T-bill rate is 4.3 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11.3 percent. Please select one option in every parenthese. Those are the answers. |
a. |
Compared with the firm's 11.3 percent cost of capital, Project W has a (lower or higher) expected return, Project X has a (lower or higher) expected return, Project Y has a (lower or higher) expected return, and Project Z has a (higher or lower) expected return. |
b. |
Project W should be (rejected or accepted), Project X should be (rejected or accepted), Project Y should be (rejected or accepted), and Project Z should be(rejected or accepted). |
c. |
If the firm's overall cost of capital were used as a hurdle rate, Project W would be (correctly rejected or correctly accepted or incorrectly rejected or correctly accepted), Project X would be (correctly rejected or correctly accepted or incorrectly rejected or correctly accepted), Project Y would be (correctly rejected or correctly accepted or incorrectly rejected or correctly accepted), and Project Z would be (correctly rejected or correctly accepted or incorrectly rejected or correctly accepted) |