There are three stocks in the market, stock A, stock B, and stock C. The price...
here are two stocks in the market, Stock A and Stock B. The price of Stock A today is $78. The price of Stock A next year will be $67 if the economy is in a recession, $90 if the economy is normal, and $100 if the economy is expanding. The probabilities of recession, normal times, and expansion are .23, .57, and .20, respectively. Stock A pays no dividends and has a correlation of .73 with the market portfolio. Stock...
Stock X has an expected return of 15%, standard deviation of 20%, beta of 0.8. Stock Y has an expected return of 20%, a standard deviation of 40% and a beta of 0.3, and a correlation with stock X of 0.6. Assume the CAPM holds. a. If you are a typical, risk-averse investor with a well-diversified portfolio, which stock would you prefer? b. What are the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of 30% of stock X...
Consider the following information on a portfolio of three stocks: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Stock A Rate of Return Stock B Rate of Return Stock C Rate of Return Boom .15 .05 .21 .18 Normal .80 .08 .15 .07 Recession .05 .12 -.22 -.02 The portfolio is invested 35 percent in each Stock A and Stock B and 30 percent in Stock C. If the expected T-bill rate is 3.90 percent, what is the expected risk...
Consider the following information for three stocks, A, B, and C. The stocks' returns are positively but not perfectly positively correlated with one another, i.e., the correlations are all between O and 1 ExpectedStandard Stock Retum Deviation Beta 1.0 10% 1.0 1.4 10% B10% 12% 20% 12% Portfolio AB has half of its funds invested in Stock A and half in Stock B. Portfolio ABC has one third of its funds invested in each of the three stocks. The risk-free...
An analyst has predicted the following returns for Stock A and Stock B in three possible states of the economy State Probabili Boom Normal Recession 0.25 .24 0.27 0.49 0.160.20 0.10 0.17 a. What is the probability of a recession? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Probability 0.26 b. Calculate the expected return for Stock A and Stock B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places Expected Return Stocks A Stocks B C. Calculate the expected return for a...
Home assignment 4 Consider following information Probability of the state of economy Rate of return if state occurs StockA StockB boom normal a. b. c. 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.05 Calculate the expected return of Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. Calculate the covariance between stock A and B returns and the correlation coefficient. Calculate the expected return of the portfolio (Portfolio!) consisting 40% of stock A and 60% of stock B. Calculate the variance and standard...
An analyst has predicted the following returns for Stock A and Stock B in three possible states of the economy. State Probability A Boom Normal Recession 0.24 0.27 0.49 0.16 0.20 0.10 0.17 0.25 a. What is the probability of a recession? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Probability 0.26 b. Calculate the expected return for Stock A and Stock B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places) Expected Return Stocks A Stocks B c. Calculate the expected return...
What is the standard deviation of the returns on a portfolio that is invested in Stocks A, B, and C? Twenty percent of the portfolio is invested in Stock A and 35 percent is invested in Stock C. State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .04 .17 .09 .09 Normal .81 .08 .06 .08 Recession .15 − .24 .02 − .13
Use INFORMATION V on stocks I and II: The market risk premium is 8 percent, and the risk-free rate is 3.6 percent. The beta of stock I is BLANK and the beta of stock II is BLANK. A. 2.08; 2.47 B. 2.08; 2.76 C. 3.21; 3.84 D. 4.47; 3.89 E. 4.03; 3.71 State of Economy Information V Probability of State of Economy Returns if State Occurs Stock II Boom Normal Wow 0.06 0.69 0.25 Stock I 0.15 0.35 0.43 -0.35...
Consider the following information on a portfolio of three stocks: State of Probability of Stock A Stock B Stock C Economy State of Economy Rate of Return Rate of Return Rate of Return Boom .14 .11 .36 .51 Normal .51 .19 .21 .29 Bust .35 .20 − .20 − .39 a. If your portfolio is invested 44 percent each in A and B and 12 percent in C, what is the portfolio’s expected return, the variance, and the standard deviation?...