59. Phoenix Company common stock is currently selling for $20 per share. Security analysts at Smith Blarney have assigned the following probability distribution to the price of (and rate of return on) Phoenix stock one year from now:Price Rate of Return Probability$16 –20% 0.25$20 0% 0.30$24 +20% 0.25$28 +40% 0.20Assuming that Phoenix is not expected to pay any dividends during the coming year, determine the standard deviation of possible rates of return on Phoenix stock (to the nearest tenth of a percent). a. 45.6% b. 20.9% c. 2.2% d. 21.4%60. Phoenix Company common stock is currently selling for $20 per share. Security analysts at Smith Blarney have assigned the following probability distribution to the price of (and rate of return on) Phoenix stock one year from now:Price Rate of Return Probability$16 –20% 0.25$20 0% 0.30$24 +20% 0.25$28 +40% 0.20Assuming that Phoenix is not expected to pay any dividends during the coming year, determine the coefficient of variation for the rate of return on Phoenix stock. a. 0.0 b. 2.68 c. 2.61 d. 0.27561. The expected rate of return for the coming year on FTC common stock is normally distributed with a mean of 14% and a standard deviation of 7%. Determine the probability of earning more than 21% on FTC common stock. (Note: Table V is required to work this problem.) a. 1.00 b. 0.8413 c. 0.0013 d. 0.158762. The expected rate of return for the coming year on FTC common stock is normally distributed with a mean of 14% and a standard deviation of 7%. Determine the probability of earning a negative rate of return (i.e. less than 0%) on FTC common stock. (Note: Table V is required to work this problem.) a. 0.0228 b. 2.00 c. 0.5000 d. 0.977263. Elephant Company common stock has a beta of 1.2. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the expected market rate of return is 12%. Determine the required rate of return on the security. a. 7.2% b. 14.4% c. 19.2% d. 13.2%64. An investor plans to invest 75% of her funds in the common stock of Gamma Industries and 25% in Epsilon Company. The expected return on Gamma is 12%, and the expected return on Epsilon is 16%. The standard deviation of returns for Gamma is 8% and for Epsilon is 12%. The correlation between the returns for Gamma and Epsilon is +0.8. Determine the expected return on the investor's portfolio. a. 14% b. 12% c. 13% d. 9%65. An investor plans to invest 75% of her funds in the common stock of Gamma Industries and 25% in Epsilon Company. The expected return on Gamma is 12%, and the expected return on Epsilon is 16%. The standard deviation of returns for Gamma is 8% and for Epsilon is 12%. The correlation between the returns for Gamma and Epsilon is +0.8. Determine the standard deviation of returns for this investor's portfolio. a. 73.8% b. 6.71% c. 3.00% d. 8.59%81. Micromatic is considering expanding into a new product area. Micromatic's current beta is 1.2 and its beta is expected to increase to 1.45 after the expansion. The long-term growth rate of the firm's earnings is expected to increase from 6.5% to 10%. Micromatic's current dividend is $1.70 per share, the current risk-free rate is 9.1%, and the expected market return is 12.9%. Should Micromatic undertake the planned expansion? a. No, stock price decreases $10.15. b. Yes, stock price increases $15.27. c. Yes, stock price increases $0.45. d. No, stock price decreases $15.27.82. Quick Start Inc. is expected to pay a dividend of $1.05 next year and dividends are expected to continue their 7% annual growth rate. The SML has been estimated as follows:kj = 0.08 + 0.064βjAssuming Quick Start has a beta of 1.1, what would happen to its stock price if inflation expectations went from the current 5% to 8%? a. It would decrease $8.14. b. It would decrease $3.55. c. It would decrease $3.18. d. The stock price will not change.