Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260013924
Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 6, Problem 21PS
The following figure shows plots of monthly
a. Which stock is riskier to an investor currently holding a diversified portfolio of common stock?
b. Which stock is riskier to an undiversified investor who puts all of his funds in only one of these stocks?
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Unique vs. Market Risk. The figure below shows plots of monthly rates of return on three stocks versus the stock market index. The beta and standard deviation of each stock is given besides its plot.
A. Which stock is riskiest to a diversified investor?
B. Which stock is riskiest to an undiversified investor who puts all her funds in one of these stocks?
C. Consider a portfolio with equal investments in each stock. What would this portfolio’s beta have been?
D. Consider a well-diversified portfolio made up of stocks with the same beta as Exxon. What are the beta and standard deviation of this portfolio’s return? The standard deviation of the market portfolio’s return is 20 percent.
E. What is the expected rate of return on each stock? Use the capital asset pricing model with a market risk premium of 8 percent. The risk-free rate of interest is 4 percent.
You ask a stockbroker what the firm’s research department expects for the three (3) stocksabove, that is, Stock X, Y and Z. The broker responds with the following information:Stock Current Price Expected Price Expected Dividend X 22 24 0.75 Y 48 51 2.00 Z 37 40 1.25Required:B. Calculate the estimated future rate of return for Stock X, Y, and Z. C. Determine which stock is overvalued, undervalued, properly valued, and state whyD. Illustrate with the use of the Security Market Line (SML) how Stock X , Y and Z wouldappear on it.
Consider the following information for three stocks, A, B, and C. The stocks' returns are positively but not perfectly positively correlated with one another, i.e., the correlations are all between 0 and 1.
Expected
Standard
Stock
Return
Deviation
Beta
A
10%
20%
1.0
B
10%
10%
1.0
C
12%
12%
1.4
Portfolio AB has half of its funds invested in Stock A and half in Stock B. Portfolio ABC has one third of its funds invested in each of the three stocks. The risk-free rate is 5%, and the market is in equilibrium, so required returns equal expected returns. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. Portfolio AB's coefficient of variation is greater than 2.0.
b. Portfolio AB's required return is greater than the required return on Stock A.
c. Portfolio ABC's expected return is 10.66667%.
d. Portfolio ABC has a standard deviation of 20%.
e. Portfolio AB has a standard deviation of 20%.
Chapter 6 Solutions
Essentials Of Investments
Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 1EQCh. 6.5 - In light of each firm’s exposure to the financial...Ch. 6 - Prob. 1PSCh. 6 - When adding a risky asset to a portfolio of many...Ch. 6 - A portfolio’s expected return is 12%, its standard...Ch. 6 - An investor ponders various allocations to the...Ch. 6 - The standard deviation of the market-index...Ch. 6 - Suppose that the returns on the stock fund...Ch. 6 - Use the rate-of-return data for the stock and bond...Ch. 6 - Prob. 8PS
Ch. 6 - Prob. 9PSCh. 6 - Prob. 10PSCh. 6 - Prob. 11PSCh. 6 - Prob. 12PSCh. 6 - Stocks offer an expected rate of return of 10%...Ch. 6 - Suppose that many stocks are traded in the market...Ch. 6 - You can find a spreadsheet containing annual...Ch. 6 - Assume expected returns and standard deviations...Ch. 6 - Prob. 17PSCh. 6 - Prob. 18PSCh. 6 - A project has a 0.7 chance of doubling your...Ch. 6 - Investors expect the market rate of return this...Ch. 6 - The following figure shows plots of monthly rates...Ch. 6 - Prob. 22PSCh. 6 - Prob. 23PSCh. 6 - Prob. 25CCh. 6 - Prob. 1CPCh. 6 - Prob. 2CPCh. 6 - Abigail Grace has a $900,000 fully diversified...Ch. 6 - Prob. 4CPCh. 6 - Prob. 5CPCh. 6 - Prob. 6CPCh. 6 - Prob. 7CPCh. 6 - Prob. 1WMCh. 6 - Following the procedures in the previous question,...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3WMCh. 6 - Prob. 4WM
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