a
Adequate information:
Probability in Boom
Probability in Normal
Probability in Bust
Expected return for Stock A in Boom
Expected return for Stock A in Normal
Expected return for Stock A in Bust
Expected return for Stock B in Boom
Expected return for Stock B in Normal
Expected return for Stock B in Bust
Expected return for Stock C in Boom
Expected return for Stock C in Normal
Expected return for Stock C in Bust
Weight of Stock A
Weight of Stock B
Weight of Stock C
To compute: Portfolio expected return, variance, and standard deviation
Introduction: Expected return on the portfolio refers to the return expected on the investment portfolio. Portfolio variance is a statistical metric used to measure the dispersion of returns. Standard deviation refers to the measurement of the dispersion of actual returns from average returns.
b
Adequate information:
Expected T-bill rate
To compute: Expected risk premium
Introduction: Risk premium refers to the return in addition to the risk-free rate for bearing extra risk by the investor.
c
Adequate information:
Expected inflation rate
To compute: Approximate and exact expected real returns and risk premiums
Introduction: Real
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Chapter 11 Solutions
CORPORATE FINANCE (LL+CONNECT)
- You have observed the following returns over time: Assume that the risk-free rate is 6% and the market risk premium is 5%. What are the betas of Stocks X and Y? What are the required rates of return on Stocks X and Y? What is the required rate of return on a portfolio consisting of 80% of Stock X and 20% of Stock Y?arrow_forwardThe following portfolios are being considered for investment. During the period under consideration, RFR = 0.08. Portfolio Return Beta σi P 0.14 1.00 0.05 Q 0.20 1.30 0.11 R 0.10 0.60 0.03 S 0.17 1.20 0.06 Market 0.12 1.00 0.04 Compute the Sharpe measure for each portfolio and the market portfolio. Round your answers to three decimal places. Portfolio Sharpe measure P Q R S Market Compute the Treynor measure for each portfolio and the market portfolio. Round your answers to three decimal places. Portfolio Treynor measure P Q R S Marketarrow_forwardYou are given the following information concerning three portfolios, the market portfolio, and the risk-free asset: Portfolio Y Z Market Risk-free Rp 16.00% бр 32.00% 15.00 27.00 7.30 17.00 11.30 5.80 22.00 0 Bp 1.90 1.25 0.75 1.00 0 Assume that the tracking error of Portfolio X is 13.40 percent. What is the information ratio for Portfolio X? Note: A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Information ratioarrow_forward
- The following expected return and the standard deviation of current returns are known: Security (i) Expected Return Standard Deviation βi A 0.20 0.12 1.1 B 0.12 0.10 0.8 T-Bills 0.05 0 0 Market Portfolio 0.20 0.15 1 Required: Determine the weights of a portfolio with a standard deviation of 7% created by combining T-Bill and the market portfolio.arrow_forwardYou are given the following information concerning three portfolios, the market portfolio, and the risk- free asset: Portfolio X Y Z Market Risk-free Rp 14.5% R-squared 13.5 9.1 10.7 5.4 op 36% 31 21 26 0 6p 1.60 1.30 .80 1.00 0 Assume that the correlation of returns on Portfolio Y to returns on the market is 72. What percentage of Portfolio Y's return is driven by the market? (Enter your answer as a decimal not a percentage. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)arrow_forwardThe following portfolios are being considered for investment. During the period under consideration, RFR = 0.07. Portfolio Return Beta P 0.15 1.00 0.05 Q 0.09 0.50 0.03 R. 0.21 1.30 0.10 0.18 1.20 0.06 Market 0.12 1.00 0.04 a. Compute the Sharpe measure for each portfolio and the market portfolio. Round your answers to three decimal places. Portfolio Sharpe measure P Q R Market b. Compute the Treynor measure for each portfolio and the market portfolio. Round your answers to three decimal places. Portfolio Treynor measure P Q R Market c. Rank the portfolios using each measure, explaining the cause for any differences you find in the rankings. Portfolio Rank (Sharpe measure) Rank (Treynor measure) P |-Select- v |-Select- v Q -Select- v -Select- V R. -Select- V -Select- v -Select- v -Select- v Market -Select- v -Select- v -Select- v is poorly diversified since it has a high ranking based on the -Select- but a much lower ranking with the -Select-arrow_forward
- You are given the following information concerning three portfolios, the market portfolio, and the risk-free asset: 8p 1.70 1.30 0.85 1.00 Portfolio X Y Z Market Risk-free Rp 11.5% 10.5 7.2 10.9 4.6 R-squared op 38.00% 33.00 23.00 28.00 0 Assume that the correlation of returns on Portfolio Y to returns on the market is 0.76. What percentage of Portfolio Y's return is driven by the market? Note: Enter your answer as a decimal not a percentage. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.arrow_forwardConsider a portfolio consisting of the following three stocks: LOADING... . The volatility of the market portfolio is 10% and it has an expected return of 8%. The risk-free rate is 3%. a. Compute the beta and expected return of each stock. b. Using your answer from part a, calculate the expected return of the portfolio. c. What is the beta of the portfolio? d. Using your answer from part c, calculate the expected return of the portfolio and verify that it matches your answer to part b. Question content area bottom Part 1 a. Compute the beta and expected return of each stock. (Round to two decimal places.) Portfolio Weight (A) Volatility (B) Correlation (C) Beta (D) Expected Return (E) HEC Corp 0.27 11% 0.33 enter your response here enter your response here% Green Widget 0.33 29% 0.71 enter your response here enter your response here% Alive And Well 0.40 11% 0.53 enter your response here enter…arrow_forwardYou are given the following information concerning three portfolios, the market portfolio, and the risk-free asset: Op 1.45 1.20 0.75 1.00 Portfolio: X Y Z Market Risk-free Rp 11.00% 10.00 8.10 10.40 5.20 Information ratio Op 33.00% 28.00 18.00 23.00 0 Assume that the tracking error of Portfolio X is 9.10 percent. What is the information ratio for Portfolio X? Note: A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. 02148 0arrow_forward
- Consider a portfolio consisting of the following three stocks: an expected return of 8%. The risk-free rate is 3%. a. Compute the beta and expected return of each stock. ▪ The volatility of the market portfolio is 10% and it has b. Using your answer from part a, calculate the expected return of the portfolio. c. What is the beta of the portfolio? d. Using your answer from part c, calculate the expected return of the portfolio and verify that it matches your answer to part b.arrow_forwardConsider the following information for four portfolios, the market, and the risk-free rate (RFR): Portfolio Return Beta SD A1 0.15 1.25 0.182 A2 0.1 0.9 0.223 A3 0.12 1.1 0.138 A4 0.08 0.8 0.125 Market 0.11 1 0.2 RFR 0.03 0 0 Refer to Exhibit 18.6. Calculate the Jensen alpha Measure for each portfolio. a. A1 = 0.014, A2 = -0.002, A3 = 0.002, A4 = -0.02 b. A1 = 0.002, A2 = -0.02, A3 = 0.002, A4 = -0.014 c. A1 = 0.02, A2 = -0.002, A3 = 0.002, A4 = -0.014 d. A1 = 0.03, A2 = -0.002, A3 = 0.02, A4 = -0.14 e. A1 = 0.02, A2 = -0.002, A3 = 0.02, A4 = -0.14arrow_forwardConsider the following probability distribution for stocks C and D: State Probability Return on Stock C Return on Stock D 1 0.30 7 % − 9 % 2 0.50 11 % 14 % 3 0.20 − 16 % 26 % If you invest 25% of your money in C and 75% in D, what would be your portfolio's expected rate of return and standard deviation?arrow_forward
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