Required: a. Calculate the standard deviation of returns of each service provider. b. Which service provider would you recommend for Mr. Lutombi to invest in? c. Assuming Mr. Lutombi invests 40% of his money in MTC and the rest in Telecom, what is Mr. Lutombi portfolio return?

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Required: a. Calculate the standard deviation of returns of each service provider. b. Which service provider would you recommend for Mr. Lutombi to invest in? c. Assuming Mr. Lutombi invests 40% of his money in MTC and the rest in Telecom, what is Mr. Lutombi portfolio return?
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Mr. Lutombi, aged 55 years old, is the current Roads Authority (RA) CEO. He is
contemplating an early retirement and plans to invest his terminal benefits in Mobile
Telecommunication Company (MTC) Namibia (MTC) and separate TELECOM Namibia
(TELECOM) STOCK. Telecom is 100% government owned and was established in 1992
as a commercial subsidiary company of Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings Limited.
TELECOM is serving more than 396 000 (fixed and mobile) customers, with 986
employees and annual revenue of more than N$ 1.5 Billion. MTC was established in 1994
and is mainly into mobile cellular business with over two million active subscribers and
has a staff compliment of 421.
The following information relates to the two companies:
State of the economy
MTC
Probability of state
of economy
Likely returns given
state of economy
Boom
50
10%
Depression
20
12%
Recession
?
2%
Assuming: The market return is 12%, standard deviation of expected market return is
6%.
Telecom
Likely returns given state
of economy
22%
(2%)
15%
Transcribed Image Text:Question 3 Mr. Lutombi, aged 55 years old, is the current Roads Authority (RA) CEO. He is contemplating an early retirement and plans to invest his terminal benefits in Mobile Telecommunication Company (MTC) Namibia (MTC) and separate TELECOM Namibia (TELECOM) STOCK. Telecom is 100% government owned and was established in 1992 as a commercial subsidiary company of Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings Limited. TELECOM is serving more than 396 000 (fixed and mobile) customers, with 986 employees and annual revenue of more than N$ 1.5 Billion. MTC was established in 1994 and is mainly into mobile cellular business with over two million active subscribers and has a staff compliment of 421. The following information relates to the two companies: State of the economy MTC Probability of state of economy Likely returns given state of economy Boom 50 10% Depression 20 12% Recession ? 2% Assuming: The market return is 12%, standard deviation of expected market return is 6%. Telecom Likely returns given state of economy 22% (2%) 15%
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