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The common stock of Etisalat has an expected return of 11 percent. The return on the market is 3 percent and the risk-free rate of return is 19 percent. What is the beta of this stock? Answer in 2 decimal places
As per CAPM equation, expected return of the stock is given by:
Expected return = Risk free rate + Beta * (Market return - Risk free rate)
Given: Expected return = 11, Risk free rate = 19, Market return = 3
Putting the given values in the above equation, we get,
11 = 19 + Beta * (3 - 19)
11 - 19 = Beta * (- 16)
-8 = Beta * (- 16)
Beta = -8 / -16
Beta = 0.5