Problem: The CIS Corporation's stocks have a beta of 2. The risk-free rate is 7.5% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 15%. The corporation presently pays a dividend of Rs.4 per share, and investors expect it to experience a growth in dividends of 10% per annum for many years to come. Explain your answer and provide examples.
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Question 1: What is the stock's required rate of return according to CAPM?
Question 2: What is the stock's present market price per share, assuming this required return?
Question 3: What would be the required rate of return and market price per share if the beta were 0.50? (Assume that the other things stay the same.)
Question 4: Explain the change in required rate of return and market price per share in part.