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You own the following portfolio of stocks. What is the portfolio weight of Stock C?   Stock Number of Shares Price per Share A 351 $25.16 B 241 $13.39 C 300 $22.46 D 184 $47.53    

Piedmont Hotels is an all-equity company. Its stock has a beta of 0.91. The market risk premium is 10.0 percent and the risk-free rate is 1.9 percent. The company is considering a project that it considers riskier than its current operations so it wants to apply an adjustment of 1.5 percent to the project’s discount rate. What should the firm set as the required rate of return for the project?

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You own a stock that had returns of 22.07 percent, -8.42 percent, 12.88 percent, and 1.71 percent over the past four years. What was the geometric average return for this stock?

Over a certain period, large-company stocks had an average return of 11.26 percent, the average risk-free rate was 2.49 percent, and small-company stocks averaged 20.20 percent. What was the risk premium of small-company stocks for this period?

Over a certain period, large-company stocks had an average return of 12.99 percent, the average risk-free rate was 2.66 percent, and small-company stocks averaged 17.77 percent. What was the risk premium of small-company stocks for this period?

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You own the following portfolio of stocks. What is the portfolio weight of Stock C?   Stock Number of Shares Price per Share A 127 $30.32 B 74 $19.15 C 300 $9.94 D 135 $37.58    

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The Two Dollar Store has a cost of equity of 18.1 percent, the yield to maturity on the company’s bonds is 5.8 percent, and the tax rate is 21 percent. If the company’s debt–equity ratio is 0.79, what is the weighted average cost of capital?