a. Determine graphically the beta coefficients for Stocks A and B. b. Graph the Security Market Line, and give its equation. Calculate the required rates of return on Stocks A and B. с.
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- Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Stock Market Return (%) 33.30 13.20 -3.50 14.50 23.80 Required: a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? b. What was the average risk premium? c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) 3 Required A Required B T-Bill Return Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Standard deviation (%) 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.07 0.09 x Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Required C What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. 13.69 X % घAssume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: T-Bill Return Year Stock Market Return (8) (8) 2016 32.50 0.07 2017 11.80 0.07 2018 -2.40 0.07 2019 13.70 0.25 2020 22.40 0.27 Required: a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? b. What was the average risk premium? c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Negative values should be entered with a negative sign.. Year Risk Premium 2016 % 2017 % 2018 % 2019 % 2020 %Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: Stock Market T-Bill Return (%) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0. 20 Return (%) Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 31.7 10.9 -1.6 13.0 21.3 0.80 Required: a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? (Negative values should be entered with a negative sign.) b. What was the average risk premium? c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.)
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- Considering these data where 'P1' estimates are analyst forecasts of future stock prices: Stock PO ABCD 48.5 25 57 27 33.95 39 40 47 Market Risk Premium 0.0525 T-bill rate 0.04 0.05544 Assuming the analyst forecast is correct, what is the abnormal return (alpha) relative to the CAPM E(r) for Stock: D? 0.05352 0.05100 P1 0.04626 0.04863 σ B 0.18 2.4 0.4 1.1 0.2 1.3 0.26 1.6 MAGANIAMBIECharacteristic Line and Security Market Line You are given the following set of data: Historical Rates of Return Year NYSE Stock X 1 -26.5% -11.0% 2 37.2 25.0 3 23.8 13.5 4 -7.2 2.0 5 6.6 11.1 20.5 18.5 7 30.6 19.0 a. Use a spreadsheet (or a calculator with a linear regression function) to determine Stock X's beta coefficient. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. b. Determine the arithmetic average rates of return for Stock X and the NYSE over the period given. Calculate the standard deviations of returns for both Stock X and the NYSE. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock X NYSE Average return, FAvg % % Standard deviation, ơ %13. Changes to the security market line The following graph plots the current security market line (SML) and indicates the return that investors require from holding stock from Happy Corp. (HC). Based on the graph, complete the table that follows. REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN (Percent) REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN (Percent) 20.0 16.0 20 12.0 16 8.0 12 4.0 0 0 CAPM Elements Risk-free rate (TRF) Market risk premium (RPM) Happy Corp. stock's betal Required rate of return on Happy Corp. stock 0 Happy Corp.'s new required rate of return is F 0.6, 7.6 HC's Stock ☐ 0.5 An analyst believes that inflation is going to increase by 2.0% over the next year, while the market risk premium will be unchanged. The analyst uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The following graph plots the current SML. Calculate Happy Corp.'s new required return. Then, on the graph, use the green points (rectangle symbols) to plot the new SML suggested by this analyst's prediction. 0 1.0 RISK (Beta) Tool tip: Mouse over the…
- Stocks A and B have the following historical returns: Stock A's Returns (24.25%) 18.50 38.67 14.33 39.13 Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Assume the risk-free rate during this time was 3.5%. What are the Sharpe ratios for Stocks A and B and the portfolio over this time period using their average returns? Answers: a) Sharpe ratio for Stock A b) Sharpe ratio for Stock B 0.5332 0.8839 c) Sharpe ratio for Portfolio AB Stock B's Returns 5.50% 26.73 48.25 (4.50) 43.86 Note: enter your answers with 4 decimal placesReview the following market information: Current Stock Market Return 11.25% Current T-Bill Price $979.43 Historic T-Bill Average Return 2.80% Historic Stock Market Average Return 8.10% Stock Beta 1.23 What is the required return (rounded to two places)?Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: Stock Market T-Bill Year Return (%) Return (%) 2013 31.7 0.02 2014 10.9 0.02 2015 -1.6 0.02 2016 13.0 0.20 2017 21.3 0.80 Required: a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? (Negative values should be entered with a negative sign.) b. What was the average risk premium? c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) es Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C What was the risk premium on common stock in each vear? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter vour answers as e to search