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The common stock for Etisalat has an expected return of 9 percent. The return on the market is 5 percent and the risk-free rate is 16 percent. What is the beta of this stock?
Expected return = Risk-free rate + Beta(Market retrun - Risk-free rate)
0.09 = 0.16 + Beta(0.05 - 0.16)
0.09 - 0.16 = Beta(-0.11)
-0.07 = Beta(-0.11)
Beta = -0.07 / -0.11
Beta = 0.64