Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs Probability of State State of Economy of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .25 .37 .47 .27 Good .50 .21 .18 .12 Poor .20 -.05 -.08 -.05 Bust .05 -.15 -.33 -.10 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? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-1. What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Expected return b-1. Variance % b-2. Standard deviation %

Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs Probability of State State of Economy of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .20 .35 .45 .25 Good .45 .20 .16 .09 Poor .25 -.02 -.05 -.03 Bust .10 -.16 -.20 -.12 a. Your portfolio is invested 24 percent each in A and C, and 52 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-1. What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Expected return b-1. Variance b-2. Standard deviation % %

Consider the following information about the various states of economy and the returns ofvarious investment alternatives for each scenario. Answer the questions that follow.% Return on T-Bills, Stocks and MarketIndexState of the Economy Probability TBills Phillips PayupRubbermadeMarketIndexRecession 0.2 7 -22 28 10 -13Below Average 0.1 7 -2 14.7 -10 1Average 0.3 7 20 0 7 15Above Average 0.3 7 35 -10 45 29Boom 0.1 7 50 -20 30 43MeanStandard DeviationCoefficient of VariationCovariance with MPCorrelation with Market IndexBetaCAPM Req. ReturnValuation(Overvalued/Undervalued/FairlyValued)Nature of stock(Aggressive/Defensive)Question 1 Fill the parts in the above table that are shaded in yellow. You will notice that there are nineline items. Question 2 Using the data generated in the previous question (Question 1);a) Plot the Security Market Line (SML) b) Superimpose the CAPM’s required return on the SML c) Indicate which investments will plot on, above and below the SML? d) If an…

Portfolio Management A particular firm’s portfolio is composed of two assets, which we will call" A" and "B." Let X denote the annual rate of return from asset A, and let Y denote the annual rate of return from asset B. Suppose that E(X) = 0.15, E(Y) = 0.20, SD (X) = 0.05, SD (Y) = 0.06, and CORR (X, Y) = 0.30.  (a) What is the expected return of investing 50% of the portfolio in asset A and 50% of the portfolio in asset B? What is the variance of this return?  (b) Replace CORR (X, Y) = 0.30 by CORR (X, Y) = 0.60, 0, -0.30, and -0.60 and answer the questions in part (a). What is the impact of correlation on the expected returns and its variance? Explain why this is so.  (c) Suppose that the fraction of the portfolio that is invested in asset B is f, and so the fraction of the portfolio that is invested in asset A is (1 – f). Let f vary from f = 0.0 to f = 1.0 in increments of 5% (that is, f = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, ...), and compute the mean and the variance of the annual rate of…

Consider the information for assets A, B, and C below: Probability Return on A 0.2 0.4 0.4 State Boom Average Bust 0.3 0.2 0.1 Return on B Return on C 0.05 9.15 0.2 0.1 0.25 0.3 Consider Portfolio (Y) comprising 60% Asset A and 40% Asset C. What is the variance of portfolio Y™?

Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs State of Probability of State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Economy Boom 0.15 0.32 0.42 0.33 Good 0.45 0.19 0.13 0.12 Poor 0.30 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 Bust 0.10 - 0.16 -0.28 0.09 a. Your portfolio is invested 30 percent each in A and C, and 40 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Expected return % b-1What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16161)) Variance b-2What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Standard deviation %

USE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM(S) Asset (A) Asset (B) E(RA)=10% E(RB) = 15% (σA)=8% (GB) = 9.5% WA = 0.25 WB = 0.75 COVA.B = 0.006 What is the standard deviation of this portfolio? O 13.75% O 8.79% O 12.5% O 7.72%

Consider the following information: State of Probability of Rate of Return if State Occurs Economy State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .19 .366 .466 .346 Good .41 .136 .116 .186 Poor Bust .31 .09 .026 -.126 036 -.266 -.091 -.106 a. Your portfolio is invested 31 percent each in A and C and 38 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What is the variance of this portfolio? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161. c. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. a. Expected return b. Variance c. Standard deviation % I1%

Suppose that a two-factor model, where the factors are the market return (Factor 1) and the growth rate of industrial production (Factor 2), correctly describes the return generating processes of all assets and the corresponding two-factor APT correctly prices three well- diversified portfolios, A, B, and C. Expected Return Portfolio A BC с 15% 20% 6% Sensitivity to Factor 1 1 1 0 Sensitivity to Factor 2 0 1 0 a. What are i) the risk premiums of the two factors and ii) the risk-free rate? b. Another well-diversified portfolio D has sensitivities 0 and 1 to factor 1 and factor 2, respectively. What is the APT-consistent expected return on Portfolio D? c. Suppose that Portfolio D's expected return is 10%. Given your answers above, form a portfolio consisting of Portfolios A, B, C, and D that generates an arbitrage profit. Express the other portfolio weights by using that of D as the numeraire- 1 or -1. Show your workings.

What is the expected return of a portfolio of two risky assets if the expected return E(Ri), standard deviation (SDi), covariance (COVij), and asset weight (Wi) are as shown below? Asset (A) E(R₂) = 10% SDA = 8% WA = 0.25 COVAB = 0.006 Select one: A. 13.75% B. 7.72% C. 12.5% D. 8.79% Asset (B) E(RB) = 15% SDB = 9.5% WB = 0.75