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Author: Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 5FPE
Assume that you’ve just inherited $500,000 and have decided to invest a big chunk of it ($350,000, to be exact) in common stocks. Your objective is to build up as much capital as you can over the next 15 to 20 years, and you’re willing to tolerate a “good deal’’ of risk.
- a. What types of stocks (blue chips, income stocks, and so on) do you think you’d be most interested in, and why? Select at least three types of stocks and briefly explain the rationale for selecting each.
- b. Would your selections change if you were dealing with a smaller amount of money—say, only $50,000? What if you were a more risk-averse investor?
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Assume that you've just inherited $500,000 and have decided to invest a big chunk of it ($350,000, to be exact) in common stocks. Your objective is to build up as much capital as you can over the next 20 years, and you're willing to tolerate a "good deal" of risk.
a. What type of stocks (blue chips, income stocks, and so on) do you think you'd be most interested in, and why? Select at least three type of stocks and briefly explain the rationale for selecting each.
b. Would your selections change if you were dealing with a smaller amount of money--sa, only $50,000? What if you were more risk-adverse investor?
You plan to invest $1000 in a corporate bond fund or in a common stock fun. The information to the right about the annual return (per $1000) of each of these investments under different economic conditions is available, along with the probability that each of these economic conditions will occur. Complete parts (a) through (c)
a. Compute the expected return for the corporate bond fund and for the common stock fund
b. Compute the standard deviation for the corporate bond fund and for the common stock fund
c. Would you invest in the corporate bond fund or the common stock fund? Explain.
Which of the following would offer the best return on investment? Assume that you buy $5,000 in stock in all three cases, and ignore interest and transaction costs in all your calculations. Also assume that decimal number of stocks can be bought so all the amount discussed is invested into the stocks in all three cases.
Buy a stock at $90 without margin, and sell it a year later at $105.
Buy a stock at $70 with 50% margin (50% loan), and sell it a year later at $85.
Buy a stock at $65 with 25% margin (75% loan), and sell it a year later at $80.
Alternative offers the best return on the investment.
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Pfin (with Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card) (mindtap Course List)
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