Consider the following stocks with equal probabilities of return: Outcome | Return (Stock A) | Return (Stock B) 1 -5% 2% 2 10% 12% 3 18% 15% Compute the expected returns of stock A and B. Compute the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B. Which stock is risky? Ignoring the probabilities, what is the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B? Which stock is risky? Round-off final answers only to two decimal places.
Risk and return
Before understanding the concept of Risk and Return in Financial Management, understanding the two-concept Risk and return individually is necessary.
Capital Asset Pricing Model
Capital asset pricing model, also known as CAPM, shows the relationship between the expected return of the investment and the market at risk. This concept is basically used particularly in the case of stocks or shares. It is also used across finance for pricing assets that have higher risk identity and for evaluating the expected returns for the assets given the risk of those assets and also the cost of capital.
Consider the following stocks with equal probabilities of return:
Outcome | Return (Stock A) | Return (Stock B)
1 -5% 2%
2 10% 12%
3 18% 15%
- Compute the expected returns of stock A and B.
- Compute the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B. Which stock is risky?
- Ignoring the probabilities, what is the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B? Which stock is risky?
Round-off final answers only to two decimal places.
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