Consider the following information about Stocks I and II: State of Economy Recession Normal Irrational exuberance Probability of State of Economy .20 .60 .20 Rate of Return if State Occurs The standard deviation on Stock I's return is deviation on Stock Il's return is stock's systematic risk/beta, Stock Stock I .09 .18 .12 Stock II -.26 .13 .46 The market risk premium is 5 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your standard deviation answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Round your beta answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) 3.79 percent, and the Stock I beta is percent, and the Stock II beta is is "riskier". 2.20. The standard Therefore, based on the

Consider the following information about Stocks I and II: State of Economy Recession Normal Irrational exuberance Probability of State of Economy .20 .60 .20 Rate of Return if State Occurs The standard deviation on Stock I's return is deviation on Stock Il's return is stock's systematic risk/beta, Stock Stock I .09 .18 .12 Stock II -.26 .13 .46 The market risk premium is 5 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your standard deviation answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Round your beta answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) 3.79 percent, and the Stock I beta is percent, and the Stock II beta is is "riskier". 2.20. The standard Therefore, based on the

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Consider the following information about Stocks I and II: Probability of State of Economy State of Rate of Return if State Occurs Economy Stock I Stock II Recession 0.15 0.20 -0.25 Normal 0.70 0.21 0.09 Irrational exuberance 0.15 0.06 0.44 The market risk premium is 7 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. a) Which stock has the most systematic risk? b) Which one has the most unsystematic risk? c) Which stock is "riskier"? Explain.
Consider the following information about Stocks X and Y: State of Economy Probability of State Stock X Returns Stock Y Returns Recession 0.15 0.11 -0.25 Steady 0.55 0.18 0.11 Boom 0.30 0.08 0.31 The market risk premium is 7.5 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. Which stock has the most systematic risk? Which one has the most unsystematic risk? Which stock is “riskier”? Explain.
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a. Based on the following information, calculate the expected return and standard deviation for each of the following stocks. What are the covariance and correlation between the returns of the two stocks? Calculate the portfolio return and portfolio standard deviation if you invest equally in each asset. Returns State of Economy Prob K Recession 0.25 -0.02 0.034 Normal 0.6 0.138 0.062 Boom 0.15 0.218 0.092 b. A portfolio that combines the risk-free asset and the market portfolio has an expected return of 7 percent and a standard deviation of 10 percent. The risk-free rate is 4 percent, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 12 percent. Assume the capital asset pricing model holds. What expected rate of return would a security earn if it had a .45 correlation with the market portfolio and a standard deviation of 55 percent? c. Suppose the risk-free rate is 4.2 percent and the market portfolio has an expected return of 10.9 percent. The market portfolio has a variance of…
Consider the following simplified APT model: Factor Expected Risk Premium Market 6.4% Interest Rate -0.6% Yield Spread 5.1% Factor Risk Exposures Market Interest Rate Yield Spread Stock Stock (b1) (b2) (b3) P 1.0 -2.0 -0.2 P2 1.2 0 0.3 P3 0.3 0.5 1.0 a) Calculate the expected return for the above stocks. Assume risk free rate is 5%. Consider a portfolio with equal…
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