This is one problem - Chapter 6 Question 7.

Risk free rate is 5%

The following graph plots the current security market line (SML) and indicates the return that investors require from holding stock from Happy Corp. (HC). Based on the graph complete the table that follows: ? ? 20 20.01 New SML 16 16.0 12 12.10.4 120 Return on HC's Stock REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN(Percent) REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN(Percent) 0.5 15 20 1.0 RISK (Beta) 0.4 1.5 20 0.8 1.2 RISK (Beta) Value The SML helps determine the risk-aversion level among investors. The higher the level of risk aversion, the the slope of the SML CAPM Elements Risk-free rate (TIL) Market risk premium (RPM) ) Happy Corp. stock's beta Required rate of return on Happy Corp. stock Which of the following statements best describes the shape of the SML if investors were not at all risk averse? The SML would have a negative slope. An analyst believes that inflation is going to increase by 2.0% over the next year, while the market risk premium will be unchanged. The analyst uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The following graph plots the current SML . . Calculate Happy Corp's new required return. Then, on the graph, use the green points rectangle symbols) to plot the new SML suggested by this analyst's prediction. The SML would be a horizontal line. The SML would have a positive slope, but the slope would be steeper than it would be if investors were risk averse. Happy Corp's new required rate of return is The SML would have a positive slope, but the slope would be flatter than it would be if investors were risk averse