You are planning to buy a stock, the risk on which is dependent on two factors: (1) the change over the last year in the inflation rate and (2) the spread between ten-year Treasury bonds and three-month Treasury bills. Suppose the average risk-free interest rate is 1 percent. The beta coefficients of the stock associated with the change in inflation rate and spread between ten-year Treasury bonds and three-month Treasury bills are -2 and 5 respectively. If you expect the inflation rate to rise 1 percentage point and you think the spread will be 3 percentage points. What is the expected return to this stock? Use the arbitrage-pricing theory.
A. 11 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 14 percent
D. 18 percent
Answer: C
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