Question

The​ risk-free rate is 3.4​% and you believe that the​ S&P 500's excess return will be 11.9​% over the next year. If you invest in a stock with a beta of 1 ​(and a standard deviation of 30​%), what is your best guess as to its expected excess return over the next​ year?

Answer 1

Answer:

So since our Risk was "1.2 times" to the Risk of Market Hence Out Expected Return would also be 1.2 times.

Explanation:

Before Answering the Question , let us Understand some Important terms in simple language :

Market Excess Reture : it is basically that how much Market Return will be "Over & Above" Riskfree Rate

Beta : it shows that How much times is Risk of Our Stock in Comparison to that of Market . So We would be Expecting "that much times" Excess Return from that of "Market Excess Return"

?Now in Our Question it is Given that

Expected Excess Market Return (Rm - Rf) over next year = 11.9%

Beta of pur Stock = 1.2

\therefore Our Expected Excess Return over next year = Beta * Expected Excess Market Return

= 1.2 * 11.9%

= 14.28 %