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We Do Bankruptcies is a law firm that specializes in providing advice to firms in financial distress. It prospers in recessions when other firms are
We Do Bankruptcies is a law firm that specializes in providing advice to firms in financial distress. It prospers in recessions when other firms are struggling. Consequently, its beta is negative, -.2. (L02)
a. If the interest rate on Treasury bills is 5% and the expected return on the market portfolio is
15%, what is the expected return on the shares of the law firm according to the CAPM?
b. Suppose you invested 90% of your wealth in the market portfolio and the remainder of your
Wealth in the shares in the law firm. What would be the beta of your portfolio?
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus
9th edition
1259722619, 978-1260049190, 1260049191, 978-1259722615
