CAPM and Required Return
Calculate the required rate of return for XYZ Inc. using the following information:
- The investors expect a 3.0 percent rate of inflation.
- The real risk-free rate is 2.0 percent.
- The market risk premium is 6.0 percent.
- XYZ Inc. has a beta of 1.7.
- Over the past 5 years, the realized rate of return has averaged 13.0 percent.
Please show any calculations used.