How to calculate cost of equity breakdown?

How do you calculate cost of equity? Example Microsoft as of today. COE = Risk Free Rate + beta * (Expected Market Return - Risk Free Rate) Risk Free Rate = 4.318% (10 yr treasury yield from Wall Street Journal) Beta = .89 (CapIq) Expected Market Return = ? Can someone help figure out how and where to find/calculate the Expected Market Return?

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