A support level is the price range at which a technical analyst would expect the A) supply of a stock to increase dramatically. B) supply of a stock to decrease substantially. C) demand for a stock to increase substantially. D) demand for a stock to decrease substantially. E) price of a stock to fall.

A stock is expected to return 13 percent in an economic boom, 10 percent in a normal economy, and 3 percent in a recessionary economy. Which one of the following will lower the overall expected rate of return on this stock? A. An increase in the rate of return for a normal economy B. A decrease in the probability of a recession occurring C. A decrease in the probability of an economic boom D. No overall change in the rate of return in a recessionary economy

A stock's returns have the following distribution: Demand for the Company's Products Probability of this Demand Occurring Rate of Return if this Demand Occurs Weak 0.1 (48%) Below average 0.1 (15) Average 0.3 14 Above average 0.3 28 Strong 0.2 62 1.0 Assume the risk - free rate is 2%. Calculate the stock's expected return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and Sharpe ratio. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock's expected return: % Standard deviation: % Coefficient of variation: Sharpe ratio:

Suppose that Federal Reserve actions have caused an increase in the risk-free rate, rRF. Meanwhile, investors are afraid of a recession, so the market risk premium, (rM - rRF), has increased. Under these conditions, with other things held constant, which of the following statements is most correct and why?   A. The required return on all stocks would increase, but the increase would be greatest for stocks with betas of less than 1.0.   B. The prices of all stocks would decline, but the decline would be greatest for the highest-beta stocks.   C. The prices of all stocks would increase, but the increase would be greatest for the highest-beta stocks.   D. The required return on all stocks would increase by the same amount.

Suppose that Federal Reserve actions have caused an increase in the risk-free rate, rRF. Meanwhile, investors are afraid of a recession, so the market risk premium, (rM − rRF), has increased. Under these conditions, with other things held constant, which of the following statements is most correct? a. The required return on all stocks would increase, but the increase would be greatest for stocks with betas of less than 1.0. b. Stocks' required returns would change, but so would expected returns, and the result would be no change in stocks' prices. c. The prices of all stocks would decline, but the decline would be greatest for high-beta stocks. d. The prices of all stocks would increase, but the increase would be greatest for high-beta stocks. e. The required return on all stocks would increase by the same amount.

Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Stock A Stock B Recession 21 .06 21 Normal 58 109 08 Boom 21 14 25 a. Calculate the expected return for Stocks A and B. (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Calculate the standard deviation for Stocks A and B. (Do not round Intermedlate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Stock A expected return a. Stock B expected return b. Stock A standard deviation b. Stock B standard deviation 196 96 96 %

If the economy booms, RTF, Incorporated, stock is expected to return 10 percent. If the economy goes into a recessionary period, then RTF is expected to only return 3 percent. The probability of a boom is 65 percent while the probability of a recession is 35 percent. What is the variance of the returns on RTF, Incorporated, stock? Multiple Choice .001115 .033388 .000334 .037750 .000725

If markets systematically overreact, then the best stocks to buy today are those stocks which have: a. Recently performed exceedingly well b. Recently performed poorly c. Not yet reacted to economic changes d. Moved sharply above its recent high price

Consider the following multifactor (APT) model of security returns for a particular stock. Factor Risk Premium 7% Factor Inflation Industrial production Oil prices Factor Beta 1.4 0.9 0.6 Required: a. If T-bills currently offer a 4% yield, find the expected rate of return on this stock if the market views the stock as fairly priced. b. Suppose that the market expects the values for the three macro factors given in column 1 below, but that the actual values turn out as given in column 2. Calculate the revised expectations for the rate of return on the stock once the "surprises” become known. Expected Value 5 6% 5 3 Actual Value 4% 7 0 Factor Inflation Industrial production Oil prices Note: For all requirements, do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 1 decimal place. X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. a. Expected rate of return 24.9 % b. Expected rate of return 9.6 X %

DAS Co. is preparing its financial forecast for next year and its AFN is negative. This means that Select one: O a. the predicted change in total assets must be negative. O b. sales growth must be negative. O c. the dividend payout ratio must be greater than the predicted growth rate in sales. O d. the predicted change in spontaneous liabilities must be greater than the predicted change in total assets.