The following information is drawn from Royal Industries' cash budget: Cash Receipts $ 40,000 Beginning Cash Balance $ 10,000 Ca
sh Payments $ 48,000 Desired Ending Cash Cushion $ 5,000 If there is a cash shortage, the company borrows money. If a surplus occurs funds are used to repay loans or to invest in short-term assets. The company had no debt before January 1st. The amounted "needed" to borrow or the amount "available" for repayment of debt in January would be Multiple Choice $2,000 available. $3,000 needed. $7,000 available. $13,000 needed.
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Answer:
<u>13.2%</u>
Explanation:
As per Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM),
Expected Rate Of Return =
wherein, = Risk free rate of return on treasury bonds
B= Beta , which represents the degree of sensitivity of security return to the market return.
= Return on market portfolio
Thus, Expected rate of return of security X = 6 + 1.2(12 - 6)
= 13.2%
CAPM model is used for calculating expected rate of return. As per the model, the investors expect a risk premium represented by excess of rate of return of market portfolio over risk free rate , in addition for the risk free rate of return.
The risk premium serves as a compensation for investing in risky securities instead of risk free securities.