Question

Assignment 08 - Risk and Rates of Return 8. Changes to the security market line The following graph plots the current security market line (SML) and indicates the return that investors require from Molding stock from Happy Corp. (HC). Based on the graph, complete the table that follows REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN Percent Returns RISK (Betal CAPM Elements Value Risk-free rate( ) Market risk premium (RPM) Happy Corp. stock's beta Required rate of retum on Happy Corp. stock An analyst believes that inflation is going to increase by 3.0% over the next year, while the market risk premium will be unchanged. The analyst uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The following graph plots the current SML. Calculate Happy Corp.'s new required return. Then, on the graph, use the green points (rectangle symbols) to plot the new SML suggested by this analyst's prediction Happy Corp.'s new required rate of return is Tooltip: Mouse over the points on the graph to see their coordinates. REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN(Percent

Answer 1

1.
2%
risk free rate is Y intercept

2.
6%

3.
1

4.
8%

5.
=8%+3%=11%

6.
Steeper/Higher

7.
The SML would be a horizontal line