Data for Atwill Corporation Is Shown Below A) 1400%
B) 14

Data for Atwill Corporation is shown below. Now Atwill acquires some risky assets that cause its beta to increase by 30%. In addition, expected inflation increases by 2.00%. What is the stock's new required rate of return?
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Initial beta } & 1.00 \\\text { Initial required return }\left(\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{s}}\right) & 10.20 \% \\\text { Market risk premium, } \mathrm{RP}_{\mathrm{M}} & 6.00 \% \\\text { Percentage increase in beta } & 30.00 \% \\\text { Increase in inflation premium, IP } & 2.00 \%\end{array}$

A) 14.00%
B) 14.70%
C) 15.44%
D) 16.21%
E) 17.02%

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