Question: Consider the following table, which gives a security analyst's expected return on two stocks for two particular market returns: Market Return Aggressive Stock Defensive Stock

Consider the following table, which gives a security analyst's expected return on two stocks for two particular market returns:

Market Return Aggressive Stock Defensive Stock
6.76 % 1.01 % 1.76 %
18.01 35.01 12.26

Required:
(a) What are the betas of the two stocks? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Beta A
Beta D

(b)

What is the expected rate of return on each stock if the market return is equally likely to be 6.76% or 18.01%? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Rate of return on A %
Rate of return on D %

(c)

What is the expected rate of return for the market, if the T-bill rate is 5.26%, and the market return is equally likely to be 6.76% or 18.01%? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

Expected rate of return %

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