a.What is the principal message of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)? What are its assumptions?

b.What is Beta?Is high beta good or bad for a company?

c.Which type of company will have a higher Beta: a fast food chain or a luxury cruise-ship company? Why?

d.Brimbank company shares has an expected return of 15%. The share's Beta is 1.2, the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium is 6%. Based on this information do you think the share is overvalued or undervalued? Why?

e.A [particular share sells for $30. The shares' Beta is 1.25, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 10%. If you predict that the share's market price next year will be $33 (and no dividend), should you buy the share or not? Why?