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A particular security's default risk premium is 6 percent. For all securities, the inflation risk premium is 3 percent and the real interest rate is 2.5 percent

11. (4 points) A particular security's default risk premium is 6 percent. For all securities, the inflation risk premium is 3 percent and the real interest rate is 2.5 percent. The security's liquidity risk premium is 1 percent and maturity risk premium is 2 percent. The security has no special covenants. What is the security's equilibrium rate of return? 12. (4 points) Suppose that the current one-year rate (one-year spot rate) and expected one-year T-bill rates over the following three years (i.e., years 2, 3, and 4, respectively) are as follows: 1R1 = 3.0%, E(2R1) = 4.0%, E(3R1) = 12.0%, E(4R1) = 14.0%, Using the unbiased expectations theory, what is the current (long-term) rate for four-year-maturity Treasury securities (1R4)? 3. (4 points) HydroTech Corp stock was $50 per share a year ago when it was purchased. Since then, it paid a $4 per share dividend. The stock price is currently $45. If you owned 500 shares of HydroTech, what was your percent return? 24. (4 ...