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Currently under consideration is an investment with a beta, b,
of
1.50. At this time, the risk-free rate of return, RF
, is 7%, and the return on the
market portfolio of assets, rm, is 10%. You believe that this
investment will earn an
annual rate of return of 11%.
a. If the return on the market portfolio were to increase by 10%,
what would you
expect to happen to the investment’s return? What if the market
return were to
decline by 10%?
b. Use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to find the
required return on this in-
vestment.
c. On the basis of your calculation in part b, would you
recommend this invest-
ment? Why or why not?
d. Assume that as a result of investors becoming less risk
averse, the market return
drops by 1% to 9%. What effect would this change have on your
responses in
parts b and c?