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![You are an investment analyst at an asset management firm. Your colleague, the in-house economist, has analyzed all the
risky securities in your economy - A, B and C. He provides you with the following statistics:
A B C
Risk-Free
Securities
Expected Returns
Standard Deviation 0.25 0.20 0.12
0.12 0.11 0.08 0.01
The Correlation between A and B is 0.25, between B and C is 0.75, and between A and C is 0.5.
What is the slope of the capital market line in this economy?
Group of answer choices
0.27
0.58
0.62
0.66
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- Karen Kay, a portfolio manager at Collins Asset Management, is using thecapital asset pricing model (CAPM) for making recommendations to her clients.Her research department has developed the information shown in the followingexhibit.Forecast Returns, Standard Deviations, and BetasForecast Return Standard Deviation BetaLow β stock (X) 14.0% 36% 0.8High β stock (Y) 17.0% 25% 1.5Market index 14.0% 15% 1.0Risk-free rate 5.0%(a) Calculate expected return and alpha for each stock.(b) Identify and justify which stock would be more appropriate for an investorwho wants to add this stock to a well-diversified equity portfolio.(c) Now consider Karen employs the “Betting Against Beta” strategy and let, , and denote the portfolio weights of the investmentin each of the asset classes (e.g. risk-free asset, low beta stock, market index,high beta stock, respectively) such that .According to its investment mandate, Collins Asset Management shouldtarget a gross leverage of 2.3. How much does she have to…Exercises: a. The standard deviation of returns is 0.30 for Stock A and 0.20 for Stock B. The covariance between the returns of A and B is 0.006. The correlation of returns between A and B is: b. Explain the differences between systemic risk and unsystematic risk, give additional examples c. Compare and contrast the Capital Market Line and Security Market Line d. The covariance of the market's returns with the stock's returns is 0.008. The standard deviation of the market's returns is 0.08, and the standard deviation of the stock's returns is 0. 11. What is the correlation coefficient of the returns of the stock and the returns of the market? e. According to the CAPM, what is the required rate of return for a stock with a beta of 0.7, when the risk-free rate is 7% and the expected market rate of return is 14%Question 1 Fill the parts in the above table that are shaded in yellow. You will notice that there are nineline items. Question 2Using 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 investment’s expected return (mean return) does not plot on the SML, what doesit show? Identify undervalued/overvalued investments from the graph
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