These days the stock market is worried that Federal Reserve is expected to take actions that cause the risk-free rate to increase. If all else the same,including the level of market required return, we would expect a firm's cost of equity to _______.

These days the stock market is worried that Federal Reserve is expected to take actions that cause the risk-free rate to increase. If all else the same,including the level of market required return, we would expect a firm's cost of equity to _______.



Answer: either increase or decrease if we are using the SML, but we can't determine which without information about the firm's beta.


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