You must choose between investing in Stock A or Stock B. You have already used CAPM...
1. In the context of the CAPM, the relevant risk is: a. Unique Risk b. Market risk c. Standard deviation of returns. d. Variance of returns e. Derivatives risk. 2. According the CAPM a well-diversified portfolio's rate of return is a function of: a. Systematic risk b. Unsystematic risk c. Unique risk d. Reinvestment risk e. Credit risk f. Derivatives risk 3. The RF rate and the expected market rate of return are 6 and 12% respectively. According the CAPM,...
You have $10,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. Your choices are Stock X with an expected return of 12.5 percent and Stock Y with an expected return of 9.5 percent. If your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.2 percent, how much money will you invest in Stock X? In Stock Y? PART A: is it a systematic risk or firm specific risk
Problem 1 2pts] According to the CAPM, what is the expected return of the stock with the standard deviation of the returns of 40% and the correlation between its returns and the market returns is -0.12 The market's expected return and standard deviation are 6% and 15%, respectively. The risk-free rate is 30 Problem 2 The risk-free rate is 1% and the market risk premium is 6%. Below table slows the ru characteristics of three stocks A, B, and C:...
4. Stock A has the expected return of 12%, the standard deviation of 15%, and the CAPM beta of 0.5. Stock B has the expected return of 18%, the standard deviation of 20% and the CAPM beta of 1.1. The risk-free rate is 3%. If you have no other wealth could invest in some combination of the risk-free asset and only one of these two stocks, which of the stocks A and B will you choose and why? (1 point)
Stock X has a 9.5% expected return, - beta coefficient of 0.B, and a 40% standard deviation of expected returns. Stock Y has a 13.0% expected return, a beta coefficient of 1.3, and a 30.0% standard deviation. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the market risk premium is 5%. 2. Calculate each stock's coefficient of variation. Round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations. CVX = X CV = 2.4 D. Which stock is riskier for...
1. You are working in a financial intermediary and your manager asks you to analyze stocks of two different companies trading on Borsa İstanbul. The first company is called R&H Inc. (RHI) and the second company is called M&L Corp. (MLC). Both of these companies are in consumer's goods industry and founded at the beginning of the 20th century. You do not know what the returns on these company stocks will be for the next year but you have some...
Based on your research, you have already invested 20% of your savings in Stock X, which has a standard deviation of returns of 0.70. You want to diversify your risk and invest the remaining of your savings in one of the two other stocks based on your research: Stock A or Stock B. Standard deviation of the returns for Stock A is 0.83. The covariance of the returns between Stock X and A is –0.75. Whereas returns for Stock B...
Please answer the questions above. Thank you! You manage an index fund that is an exact replica of the market index. The market expected annual rate of return is 19.5% with a standard deviation of 16.5%. Annual T-bill rate is 4.5% 2. a. A client of yours wants you to invest 80% of his portfolio in your fund and 20 % in T-bill money market fund. What is the expected return and standard deviation of this client's portfolio? b. What...
2. Company A's stock has a beta of BA 1.5, and Company B's stock has a beta of βΒ-2.5. Expected returns on this two stocks are E [rA]-9.5 and E rB 14.5. Assume CAPM holds. At age 30, you decide to allocate ALL your financial wealth of $100k between stock A and stock B, with portfolio weights wA + wB1. You would like this portfolio to be risky such that Bp- 3 (a) Solve for wA and wB- (b) State...
EVALUATING RISK AND RETURN Stock X has a 9.5% expected return, a beta coefficient of 0.8, and a 35% standard deviation of expected returns. Stock Y has a 12.5% expected return, a beta coefficient of 1.2, and a 20.0% standard deviation. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the market risk premium is 5%. Calculate each stock's coefficient of variation. Round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations. CVx = CVy = Which stock is riskier for...