Question 2 ABC US World ABC 1.00 Correlation Coefficients US 0.70 1.00 World 0.30 0.85 1.00 SD (%) 25 20 15 E(R) % 10 9 The risk free rate is 2%. World means the world market portfolio. ABC is a US company. E(R) is expected return and SD is the return volatility. (a) Suppose all capital markets are fully integrated and all assets are internationally tradable. What is the cost of equity for ABC under international CAPM? (b) Suppose all capital markets are completely segmented. What is the cost of equity for ABC under international CAPM? (c) Suppose now the world financial markets are partially integrated. ABC is nontradable. There is a portfolio of tradable assets (the tradable portfolio). The correlation between ABC and the tradable portfolio is 0.6, the correlation between the US market and the tradable portfolio is 0.9, and the correlation between the tradable portfolio and the world market portfolio is 0.7. What is the cost of equity for ABC under international CAPM?