Essays Tagged: "Risk-free interest rate"

Explain why it has proved impossible to derive an analytical formula for valuing

e early exerices of a put option becomes more attractive asS, the stock price, decreases; as r, the risk-free interest rate, increases; and as , thevolatility, decreases. Since the value of a put is a ... endent ona stock price can be valued on the assumption that the world is risk neutral.Therefore the risk-free interest rate is the expected return from all traded securitiesand future cash flows can b ...

(7 pages) 88 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Project Evaluation - Using CAPM

und; 75,000 £ 25,000Shirts £ 60,000 £ 50,000 £ 50,000Rate on a Gov Bond(The risk-free rate):5%FTSE 100 (Expected rate of the market):8%Sportball's ?:0.90Shoes Leader's ?:0.95Sh ...

(7 pages) 269 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Financial Management: IBM

1. Find an estimate of the risk-free rate of interest, krf. To obtain this value, go to Bloomberg.com: Market Data [http://www. ... [http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/index.html] and use the "U.S. 10-year Treasury" bond rate as the risk-free rate. In addition, you also need a value for the market risk premium. Use an assumed marke ...

(6 pages) 195 0 4.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Application of the C.A.P.M. on NYSE & NASDAQ Stocks: Toyota in NYSE

find the expected return of a stock, such as is demanded in this case. The C.A.P.M. consists of the risk-free rate, the beta of the stock (the risk factor of the stock) and the expected return of the ... , or in the case of the U.S.A., the U.S. treasury bills are being used for the determination of the risk-free rate. These rates are called risk-free due to the fact that since they are governmental, t ...

(2 pages) 118 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Marriot Corporation Cost of Capital

rant and contract services. To calculate the WACC a risk free rate was used of 8.72% reflecting the interest rate on 10 year government bonds. A risk premium of 7.76% or the average returns of arithme ...

(4 pages) 617 0 2.3 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

CAPM vs. APT: Do you think APT or the CAPM is the best approach for a financial professional to use?

s the process of profiting from mispriced securities. Strictly speaking arbitrage involves making a risk-free profit with no outlay. This is in contrast to pure speculation which involves risk-taking, ... el essentially states that the expected rate of return on a security in equilibrium is equal to the risk-free rate plus multiple risk premiums, (instead of the single market risk premium as postulated ...

(4 pages) 200 0 1.8 Oct/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Risk and Return Trade off Memo

ghest yield possible. At that time the following capital market information was true.Market Risk 15%Risk-Free Rate4.88%Market Return 11%Additionally, the following eight companies were provided as opt ...

(4 pages) 27 0 4.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges