Microsoft Corp (MSFT) stock has its closing price at $232.38 (2/26/17). It currently (2017) pays $0.42 per share quarterly dividend (the dividend was $0.13 per share quarterly in 2009 (12 years ago).

A) Assuming constant growth, what is the growth rate on the MSFT stock dividend?

Group of answer choices

• 35.90%
• 15..72%
• 12.94%
• 11.89%

B) For the past 5 years, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 16,497.00 (2/29/16) to 30,912.00 (2/26/17). Assume it represents the expected return for the market portfolio, what is the expected return for the market portfolio?

Group of answer choices

• 17.00%
• 6.48%
• 11.03%
• 37.48%
• 13.38%
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C) Currently, the beta for MSFT stock is 0.82, and the yield on 3-month T-bill is 0.04%. What is the required return for MSFT stock based on CAPM?

Group of answer choices

• 11.10%
• 16.31%
• 10.98%
• 11.45%

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