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  • November 19, 2017
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Concept Check - Week 5

1. According to the CAPM, we can determine the cost of capital of an investment by comparing it
to what portfolio?




2. What inputs do we need to estimate a firm's equity cost of capital using the CAPM?




3. How do you determine the weight of a stock in the market portfolio?




4. What is a market proxy?




5. How can you estimate the market risk premium?




6. How can you estimate a stock's beta from historical returns?

, 7. How do we define a stock's alpha, and what is its interpretation?




8. Why does the yield to maturity of a firm's debt generally overestimate its debt cost of capital?




9. Describe two methods that can be used to estimate a firm's debt cost of capital.




10. What data can we use to estimate the beta of a project?




11. Why does the equity beta of a levered firm differ from the beta of its assets?

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