12.Assume the market portfolio can be decomposed into three large portfolios X, Y and Z representing respectively all stocks in three distinct economic sectors (such as Industry, Agriculture, Services). Their respective market capitalizations are 40%, 50% and 10% of the market capitalization respectively. You also know the X has a beta of 1.8, Y has a beta of 0.3, what’s the beta of portfolio Z? a.1.3 b.0.9 c.0.2 d.-0.3

The beta coefficient A stock’s contribution to the market risk of a well-diversified portfolio is called Q1. ______risk. It can be measured by a metric called the beta coefficient, which calculates the degree to which a stock moves with the movements in the market.   Q2. Based on your understanding of the beta coefficient, indicate whether each statement in the following table is true or false: Statement True False Over time, a stock with a beta of 1.0 produces a return that goes up and down with a 1:1 relationship with the return on the market.       Beta measures the volatility in stock movements relative to the market.       A stock that is more volatile than the market will have a beta of less than 1.0.     Q1. Option 1 Unsystematic or Option 2 Relevant.  Please provide true or false answers. Thank you!

Consider the following single factor specification: R₁ = a¡ + ßi, Rµ + €i. Where R; is the return on security i, RM is the return on index M (a broad market index) and e, is a zero- mean white noise random variable not correlated with anything. Assume that the single factor specification above correctly describes the return generating processes of all securities. Furthermore, you have the following descriptive statistics for returns of well-diversified Portfolios X, Y, and index M. Portfolio X Portfolio Y Index M Risk-Free Expected return 14% 17% ?? ?? B₁ 1.2 1.6 1 0 a. Assume that the corresponding single factor APT correctly prices Portfolios X and Y. In other words, the expected returns of Portfolios X and Y shown above - 14% and 17% respectively - are equal to their APT-predicted expected returns. Calculate the expected return of Index M and risk-free rate. b. Another well-diversified portfolio Z has a beta, ßz, of 0.8 while its expected return is 10%. Form a portfolio consisting…

Data: S0 = 102; X = 115; 1 + r = 1.1. The two possibilities for ST are 146 and 84. Required: The range of S is 62 while that of P is 31 across the two states. What is the hedge ratio of the put? Form a portfolio of one share of stock and two puts. What is the (nonrandom) payoff to this portfolio? What is the present value of the portfolio? Given that the stock currently is selling at 102, calculate the put value.