Suppose you identified three important systematic risk factors given by exports, inflation, and industrial production. At the beginning of the year, a firm's stock return is estimated at 9.6 percent and the growth in the three factors is estimated at ?1 percent, 2.5 percent, and 3.5 percent, respectively. The factor betas are: ?EX = 1.8, ?I = .7, and ?IP = 1. What would be the stock's total return if the actual growth in each of the factors was equal to the expected growth and no unexpected company news occurred?
A) 4.6 percent
B) 5.9 percent
C) 9.6 percent
D) 14.6 percent
E) 8.7 percent
C) 9.6 percent
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