Based on the U.S. Treasury bond rate, the market return and the beta, Davcher's expected rate of return would be 6.5%.
Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), the expected rate of return would be:
= Risk free rate + Beta x Market premium
Market premium:
= Market return - risk free rate
= 8% - 3% rate of treasury bonds
= 5%
Expected rate of return is:
= 3% + 0.70 x 5%
= 6.5%
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