21. Which of the following statements is most likely FALSE:
The SP500 index has a higher beta than Stock B
The SP500 index has a higher beta than Stock A
Stock A has a higher beta than Stock B
Stock A index has a beta of 0.80
The SP500 index has a beta of 1.20
22. Over the past six years, which of the following statements is most likely TRUE:
The SP500 index has the highest arithmetic average return, but the lowest geometric return
The SP500 index has the highest arithmetic average return, while Stock A has the lowest geometric return
The SP500 index has the highest arithmetic average return, while Stock B has the lowest geometric return
The SP500 index has the lowest geometric average return, while Stock B has the highest arithmetic return
The SP500 index has the lowest geometric average return, while Stock A has the highest arithmetic return
21. Which of the following statements is most likely FALSE: The SP500 index has a higher...
Assume the risk free rate is 0.0%. The SP500 is considered the market. Six years of annual returns are provided in the table below. Use this information to help answer questions 21-22. 1 Year Returns SP500 Stock A Stock B 2013 80% 62 4.8% 2014 4.0% 32% 2.4% 2015 AV0% 32.0% -24.0% 2016 15.0% 12.0% 9.0% 2017 200% 16.0% 12.0% 2018 12.0% 9.6% 7.2% 21. Which of the following statements is most likely FALSE a. The SP500 index has a...
If Stock A has a higher expected return than Stock B, which of the following statements is most likely? Multiple Choice Stock A has more specific risk. Stock B plots below the security market line. Stock B is a cyclical stock. Stock A has a higher beta.
Which of the following outcome(s) are most likely to be inconsistent with the efficient market hypothesis in a Fama-French three-factor world? a. Higher market beta stocks have higher returns. b. All stocks have the same return on average. c. Even though DFA recently offered small and value portfolios, which focus on earning the high returns in small and value stocks, investors do not feel such stock portfolios offer more attractive investment opportunities in terms of risk-return tradeoff than other stock...
Assume the risk free rate is 2.0%. The SP500 is considered the market. Today (T-0), you invest $400 in Stock A and $600 in Stock B to create Portfolio A,B. Assume there are not taxes or dividends. The one year performance of the stocks and the market is summarized in the table below. Use this information to help answer questions 16-20 Investment Market Stock A Stock B Total Return 12.0% 18.0% 10.0% Total Risk 14.0% 15.0% 12.0% Beta 1.00 1.40...
Assume the risk free rate is 2.0%. The SP500 is considered the market. Today (T-0), you invest $400 in Stock A and $600 in Stock B to create Portfolio A,B. Assume there are not taxes or dividends. The one year performance of the stocks and the market is summarized in the table below. Use this information to help answer questions 16-20 Investment Total Return 12.0% 18.0% 10.0% Total Risk 14.0% 15.0% 12.0% Beta 1.00 1.40 0.60 Market Stock A 400...
A proponent of the efficient markets hypothesis would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements? When a security has recently been experiencing high rates of return, it's likely to experience less-than-average rates of return in the future. After adjusting for things like transactions and information costs, stocks sell for a good approximation of their fundamental value. Over the long run, financial investment in small firms has been more profitable than in large firms. All of the...
8. Which of the following most likely has the largest standard deviation of returns? a. Treasury bills b. US large stocks c. Corporate bonds 9. The standard deviation of portfolio returns is most likely a. less than the weighted average standard deviation of returns of its assets. b. equal to the weighted average standard deviation of returns of its assets. c. greater than the weighted average standard deviation of returns of its assets. 10. The correlation between a risk-free asset...
Which of the following statements is TRUE about capability analyses? A. A higher process capability index means the process has a higher defect probability B. A higher process capability index means the process has a lower defect probability C. A process must have its mean centered in the middle of its tolerance interval in order to perform capability analyse D. A process capability index of 1.33 means that a process has a six sigma capability
AAPL has a Sharpe ratio of 2.5. GM has a Sharpe ratio of 1.2. Which of the following statements is most correct? Group of answer choices GM's returns are 1.2% above the index, while AAPL's returns are 2.5% above the index. AAPL has higher returns than GM. GM has higher returns than AAPL. AAPL has higher returns given the level of risk (or higher returns per unit of risk).