Probability of the state of economy |
Rate of return if state occurs Stokk SSS |
|
Recession | 0.4 | 4% |
Boom | 0.6 | 18% |
Consider following information.
a) Calculate the expected return of a stock.
b) Calculate the standard deviation of a stock return.
c) If the risk-free rate is 2% what is the expected portfolio return invested 75% in stock SSS and 25% in risk-free asset?
d) Discuss what do we mean by systematic and unsystematic risk. What is the effect of diversification?
Probability of the state of economy Rate of return if state occurs Stokk SSS Recession 0.4...
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