1) Your company's stock sells for $150 per share, its last dividend was $3.00 per share, and its growth rate is 4%. What is the stock's required rate of return?

2) What is the stock's Beta if the average market return for the stock is 12%, and the interest yield on 10-year US Treasury Bonds is 4% and the required or expected rate of return is 20%?

3) The expected return for investment A is 10%, with a standard deviation of 1.2%. The expected return for investment B is 25%, with a standard deviation of 3%. Is B riskier than A? Answer "yes" or "no" AND then show your work and explain your answer.