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Consider the following two securities X and Y. Security Return Standard Deviation X 20.0% Y 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% Risk-free asset 5.0% Beta 1.50 1.0 Which asset (X or Y) in Table 8.3 has the least total risk? Which has the least syst O Y; X. O X; Y. O Y; Y. ○ X; X.

What is the expected market return if the expected return on asset A is 19% and the risk free rate is 5%? Asset A has a beta of 1.4. Assume that the CAPM is correct. a. 5% b. 9% c. 13% d. 15% e. 19%

Q. Market rate of return is 18%, risk-free rate of return 8% and beta is 1.2 1. Calculate the required rate of return 2. Calculate risk premium

Assuming your utility function U = E(r) - Ao². Consider the investments shown in the table. If your risk aversion coefficient is -2, which investment would you choose? Investment E[r] #1 #2 #3 #4 #2 #3 #4 #1 12% 15% 15% 24% σ 40% 40% 30% 40%

The possible returns of a security I and research returns under three possible states are as follows. Probability % market % security 0.2 15 10 0.5 13 16 0.3 25 30 The risk free rate is 9%, determine the required rate of return of security I and sate whether it is correctly valued. 12-marks] 20 Ri= E(R) XW

Using the following data: Scenario Probability return K1 return K2 0.2 -10% 5% W2 0.4 0% 30% W3 0.4 20% -5% compute the weights in the portfolio with minimum risk. What are the expected return and risk of this minimum risk portfolio?

Risk-free rate is 7% 2. Calculate the required rate of return for A. 1. 8.90% 2. 8.40% 3. 8.70% 4. 8.30%

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If the risk-free rate is 10.2% and the market risk premium is 4.4%, what is the required return for the market? a. 5.8% b. 4.4% C. 14.6% d. 10.2%

1. The return over the risk free rate of 3.4% A. Real return B. Average return C. Risk premium D. Required return E. Inflation premium

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What is the expected return of a portfolio of two risky assets if the expected return E(Ri), standard deviation (SDi), covariance (COVij), and asset weight (Wi) are as shown below? Asset (A) E(R₂) = 25% SDA = 18% WA = 0.75 COVA, B = -0.0009 Select one: A. 13.65% B. 20 U ODN 20.0% C. 18.64% D. 22.5% Asset (B) E(R₂) = 15% SDB = 11% WB = 0.25

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Given the following probability distributions, what are the expected returns for the Market and for Security J? Statei Pr i rM rJ 1 0.3 −10% 40% 2 0.4 10 −20 3 0.3 30 30

Which of the following investments has the greater relative risk? (LO 8-2) Investment Expected Return Standard Deviation F 16.0% 7.0% G 27.0 13.0

Which asset in the following table has the most market risk (also known as systematic or non- diversifiable risk)? Asset A B Asset B Asset A Return Both Assets A and C Asset C (10% 12% 14% Beta 0.74 1.00 1.25 Standard Deviation 20% 40% 30%

Example of CAPM Equation: Case Risk free Rate (Rf) Market return (Km) Beta (b)  Required Return A 5% 8% 1.30 ? B 8% 13% 0.90 ? C 10% 15% -0.20% ? D ? 12% 1.0 12% E 6% ? 0.60 9% F 5% 16% ? 10% Required: Using CAPM equation, compute the missing value (?)

1. Given the following summary statistics, Mean S.D. 1.235 0.997 Asset A 0.52 Asset B. 0.44 (a) If the correlation between the two financial series is 0.25. What are the optimal portfolio weights to minimize risk? (b) What are the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal port- folio? (c) Compute the 1% Value-at-Risk for the next 5 days (d) Compute the expected shortfall

Assume that you are given the following historical returns for the Market and Security J. Also assume that the expected risk-free rate for the coming year is 4.0 percent, while the expected market risk premium is 15.0 percent. Given this information, determine the required rate of return for Security J for the coming year, using CAPM. Year 1 2 O21.20% 3 4 5 6 O22.34% O 23.49% O24.63% O24.10% Market 10.00% 12.00% 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% Security J 12.00% 14.00% 18.00% 22.00% 18.00% 14.00%

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Which of the following portfolios should a risk averse investor choose? Portfolio Name σ(rP) Sharpe Ratio A 20% 0.45 B 25% 0.36 C 10% 0.27 D 15% 0.14     Portfolio D     Portfolio A     Portfolio C     Portfolio B

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Asset A has an expected return of 10%. The expected market return is 14% and the risk-free rate is 5%. What is asset A's beta? Select one: O a. 0.88 O b.0.67 O C. 0.55 O d.o.33 O e. 1.15

Consider two securities, A and B, whose standard deviations of returns and betas are given below:     Security A Security B Standard deviation   15%   25% Beta 1.30 0.75  Which security will have the higher risk premium? Security A or B?

Required Return If the risk-free rate is 10.2 percent and the market risk premium is 4.4 percent, what is the required return for the market?   Multiple Choice A. 5.8% B. 4.4% C. 14.6% D. 10.2%