You are planning to buy a stock, the risk on which is dependent on two factors: (1) the change in the inflation rate over the last year and (2) the spread between ten-year Treasury bonds and three-month Treasury bills.  Suppose the average risk-free interest rate is 3 percent. The beta coefficients of the stock associated with the change in inflation rate and the spread between ten-year Treasury bonds and three-month Treasury bills are -2 and 4 respectively. If you expect the inflation rate to rise 6 percentage point and you think the spread will be 8 percentage points. What is the expected return to this stock? Use the arbitrage-pricing theory.

A. 11 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 18 percent
D. 23 percent


Answer: D

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