LO1, LO2 10. Returns and Standard Deviations. Consider the following information:
a. Your portfolio is invested 25 percent each in A and C and 50 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio?
b. What is the variance of this portfolio? The standard deviation?
a)
To determine: The expected return on the portfolio.
Introduction:
Expected return refers to the return that the investors expect on a risky investment in the future.
Portfolio expected return refers to the return that the investors expect on a portfolio of investments.
Answer to Problem 10QP
The expected return on the portfolio is 0.1030 or 10.30%.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The probability of having a boom, good, poor, and bust economy are 0.15, 0.50, 0.25, and 0.10 respectively. Stock A’s return is 35 percent when the economy is booming, 12 percent when the economy is good, 1 percent when the economy is poor, and −11 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle.
Stock B’s return is 45 percent when the economy is booming, 10 percent when the economy is good, 2 percent when the economy is poor, and −25 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle.
Stock C’s return is 33 percent when the economy is booming, 17 percent when the economy is good, −5 percent when the economy is poor, and −9 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle. The weight of Stock A and Stock C is 25 percent each, and the weight of Stock B is 50 percent in the portfolio.
The formula to calculate the return on portfolio during a particular state of economy:
Where,
Rp refers to the return on portfolio
“x1 to xn” refers to the weight of each asset from 1 to “n” in the portfolio
R1 to Rn” refers to the rate of return on each asset from 1 to “n” in the portfolio
The formula to calculate the portfolio expected return:
Where,
E(RP) refers to the expected return on a portfolio
“x1 to xn” refers to the probability of each asset from 1 to “n” in the portfolio
“E(R1) to E(Rn)” refers to the expected return on each asset from 1 to “n” in the portfolio
Compute the return on portfolio during a boom:
Hence, the return on portfolio during a boom is 0.3950 or 39.50%.
Compute the return on portfolio during a good economy:
Hence, the return on portfolio during a good economy is 12.25%.
Compute the return on portfolio during a poor economy:
Hence, the return on portfolio during a poor economy is 0.000 or 0.00%.
Compute the return on portfolio during a bust cycle:
Hence, the return on portfolio during a bust cycle is −0.1750 or −17.50%.
Compute the expected return on portfolio:
Hence, the expected return on the portfolio is 0.1030 or 10.30%.
b)
To determine: The variance and standard deviation of the portfolio.
Introduction:
Portfolio variance refers to the average difference of squared deviations of the actual data from the mean or expected returns.
Standard deviation refers to the variation in the actual returns from the expected returns of the assets. The square root of variance gives the standard deviation.
Answer to Problem 10QP
The variance of the portfolio is 0.02336. The standard deviation of the portfolio is 15.28 percent.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The probability of having a boom, good, poor, and bust economy are 0.15, 0.50, 0.25, and 0.10 respectively. Stock A’s return is 35 percent when the economy is booming, 12 percent when the economy is good, 1 percent when the economy is poor, and −11 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle.
Stock B’s return is 45 percent when the economy is booming, 10 percent when the economy is good, 2 percent when the economy is poor, and −25 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle.
Stock C’s return is 33 percent when the economy is booming, 17 percent when the economy is good, −5 percent when the economy is poor, and −9 percent when the economy is in a bust cycle. The weight of Stock A and Stock C is 25 percent each, and the weight of Stock B is 50 percent in the portfolio.
The formula to calculate the variance of the portfolio:
The formula to calculate the standard deviation:
Compute the variance:
R1 refers to the returns of the portfolio during a boom. The probability of having a boom is P1. R2 is the returns of the portfolio in a good economy. The probability of having a good economy is P2. R3 is the returns of the portfolio in a poor economy. The probability of having a poor economy is P3. R4 is the returns of the portfolio in a bust cycle. The probability of having a bust cycle is P4.
Hence, the variance of the portfolio is 0.02336.
Compute the standard deviation:
Hence, the standard deviation of the portfolio is 0.1528 or 15.28%.
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