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flastname_Week_5_Problem_Set.docx, where flastname is your first initial
and you last name, and submit it to the appropriate dropbox.
35.
Suppose the market risk premium is 5% and the risk-free interest rate is 4%. Using
the data in Table 10.6 (also shown above), calculate the expected return of
investing in
a. Starbucks stock.
b. Hersheys stock.
c. Autodesks stock.
Chapter 11 (pages 390396):
2.
You own three stocks: 600 shares of Apple Computer, 10,000 shares of Cisco
Systems, and 5,000 shares of Colgate-Palmolive. The current share prices and
expected returns of Apple, Cisco, and Colgate-Palmolive are, respectively, $500,
$20, $100 and 12%, 10%, 8%.
a. What are the portfolio weights of the three stocks in your portfolio?
b. What is the expected return of your portfolio?
c. Suppose the price of Apple stock goes up by $25, Cisco rises by $5, and ColgatePalmolive falls by $13. What are the new portfolio weights?
d. Assuming the stocks expected returns remain the same, what is the expected
return of the portfolio at the new prices?
50.
Suppose Autodesk stock has a beta of 2.16, whereas Costco stock has a beta of
0.69. If the risk-free interest rate is 4% and the expected return of the market
portfolio is 10%, what is the expected return of a portfolio that consists of 60%
Autodesk stock and 40% Costco stock, according to the CAPM?
27.
You would like to estimate the weighted average cost of capital for a new airline
business. Based on its industry asset beta, you have already estimated an
unlevered cost of capital for the firm of 9%. However, the new business will be 25%
debt financed, and you anticipate its debt cost of capital will be 6%. If its corporate
tax rate is 40%, what is your estimate of its WACC?