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Year |
IBM’s yearly stock return |
Yearly return on the S&P500 |
1999 |
17.02% |
21.04% |
2000 |
-21.21% |
-9.10% |
2001 |
13.09% |
-1.89% |
2002 |
16.22% |
-22.10% |
The riskless rate for this period is 3.5%, and the covariance between returns on IBM stock and the S&P500 over this period is 0.02276.
1E. What is the variance of the S&P500 over this period? 2 points
1F. What is IBM’s CAPM beta according to this data? 5 points
1G. What is IBM’s CAPM cost of equity according to this data? 5 points
1H. If IBM’s debt to equity ratio is 0.57, what is their unlevered cost of equity according to this model? 5 points