True.
This is because stocks with low covariance will help in diversification and will be having less beta and hence less risk relative to the market (or with portfolio of risky assets held by less risk-averse investor)
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Under CAPM, more risk-averse individuals hold a portfolio of risky assets that is tilted toward stocks...
1. “These days in particular, international stocks are too volatile to hold in a diversified portfolio.” Discuss. 2. You work for a publicly traded company that is considering a bid for another firm. As part of this work, you have been tasked with valuing this ‘target’ firm. The target firm is closely held by a single family; the firm is the only valuable asset that the family holds. What is the role of idiosyncratic risk in preparing an initial bid...
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) a. What is two-fund portfolio separation and why is it important? b. Show graphically (in return-standard deviation space) how 2-fund separation works in the context of the CAPM. c. Explain and show how risk averse investors are better off with capital markets. d. What are some of the assumptions that need to hold in order for the CAPM to be applied and why are they important? e. Suppose a stock has a covariance with the...
Typically, a risk averse investor has to have his investment portfolio more heavily weighted toward bonds than stocks than would an investor who would be willing to accept more risk correct or incorrect?
od The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) explains how risk should be considered when stocks and other assets are held -Select- The CAPM states that any stock's required rate of return is -Select the risk-free rate of return plus a risk premium that reflects only the risk remaining -Select- diversification. Most individuals hold stocks in portfolios. The risk of a stock held in a portfolio is typically -Select the stock's risk when it is held alone. Therefore, the risk and...
The following graph plots portfolio risk against the size of the portfolio as measured by the number of stocks in the portfolio. (Hint: Hover the mouse over the graph to read the coordinates.) PORTFOLIO RISK 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 NUMBER OF STOCKS IN THE PORTFOLIO Based on the data presented in the previous graph, which of the following statements are true? Check all that apply. A portfolio of 60 stocks has a diversifiable...
PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY ANSWER IS TRUE OR FALSE: "Risk aversion" implies that investors require higher expected returns on riskier than on less risky securities. a. True b. False When adding a randomly chosen new stock to an existing portfolio, the higher (or more positive) the degree of correlation between the new stock and stocks already in the portfolio, the less the additional stock will reduce the portfolio's risk. a. True b. False An individual stock's diversifiable risk, which is measured...
(a) Suppose that the CAPM holds. Consider stocks A, B, C and D
plotted in the graph below together with portfolios X, T (the
tangency or market portfolio), Z, and the risk-free asset S. No
explanation necessary.
(i) If you could invest in the risk-free asset S and only one of
the stocks A, B, C or D, which stock would you choose?
(ii) Which of the stocks, A, B, C, or D, has the highest
beta?
(iii) Which of...
2. 3: Risk and Rates of Return: Risk in Portfolio Context Risk
and Rates of Return: Risk in Portfolio Context The capital asset
pricing model (CAPM) explains how risk should be considered when
stocks and other assets are held . The CAPM states that any stock's
required rate of return is the risk-free rate of return plus a risk
premium that reflects only the risk remaining diversification. Most
individuals hold stocks in portfolios. The risk of a stock held in...
a. Portfolio Man wants to create a portfolio as risky as the market and he has $1,000,000 to invest. Given this information, fill in the three missing values of the following table: Asset Investment Beta $170,000 1.6 $140,000 1.5 $130,000 D $200,000 Risk-free asset b. An asset's reward-to-risk ratio is defined as its risk premium divided by its standard deviation. It is a useful statistic to summarize the asset's risk-return trade-off. Consider the following information: Stock A has a reward-to-risk...
Problem 8-13 CAPM, portfolio risk, and return Consider the following information for three stocks, Stocks A, B, and C. The returns on the three stocks are positively correlated, but they are not perfectly correlated. (That is, each of the correlation coefficients is between 0 and 1.) Stock Expected Return Standard Deviation Beta 14 8.78 % 14 % 0.8 10.83 1.3 11.65 1.5 Fund P has one-third of its funds invested in each of the three stocks. The risk-free rate is...