Are the following statements true or false? Provide a short justification for your answer. (You re evaluated on your justification.) Remember that a statement is false if any part of the statement is false. A single correct counterexample is sufficient to show that a statement is false. a) Suppose you are a mean-variance optimizer. The risk-free rate is 3%. There are three risky assets A, B, C, with expected returns and standard deviations: E [FA] = 10%, SD [FA] = 5% E [TB] = 15%, SD [TB] = 7% E [fc] = 12%, SD [fc] =9%

True or false? Beta of MSFT is 0.7 and beta of RCL is 1.33. One can conclude that unsystematic risk of RCL is higher than unsystematic risk of MSFT.

1. Using the following returns, calculate the average returns, the variance, standard deviations, and coefficient of variation for X and Y. Which stock is the least risky? Yr 1 2 3 Rx 12.20 9.65 0.00 6.50 Ry 4 8.00 -2.00 12.50 9.57

Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected return and the standard deviation of returns for Security J? The answer choice lists expected return and standard deviation in the respective order. State 1 2 3 Pri 0.2 O 12%; 5.18% O 15%; 3.16% O 15%; 6.50% 0.6 0.2 O 20%; 5.00% 15%; 10.00% rj 10% 15 20

The returns on assets C and D are strongly correlated with a correlation coefficient of 0.80. The variance of returns on C is 0.0009, and the variance of returns on D is 0.0036. What is the covariance of returns on C and D? Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion

Answer whether each of the following statements is correct and explain your argument. \ (a) According to CAPM, the expected return of a risky asset is larger than the risk free rate. (b) According to CAPM, the expected return of a risky asset increases with its variance. (c) According to the separation property, the optimal risky portfolio for an investor dependson the investor’s personal preference. (d) A less risk-averse investor has a steeper indifference curve for the utility function.

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When the number of time periods in a binomial model is large, what happens to the risk neutral probability of an up move? it approaches 1.0 it approaches zero it fluctuates without pattern it converges to 0.5

Consider the generalised linear regression model: y = Xẞ + e, with E[e] = 0 and E[ee] = 022. Let the model be estimated using both OLS and GLS, and let the OLS estimator of ẞ be denoted as BOLS and its GLS estimator as BGLS. Which of the following statements are incorrect about the OLS and GLS estimators? (a) BOLS is BLUE (b) BGLS is BLUE (c) The variance of BOLS cannot be less than that of BGLS (d) BGLS is more efficient that BOLS

Consider a one-period model with N = {1,2,3} and two risky assets S1, S2 whose with current prices are 71 = 42 and 12 = 23 respectively. At time one, the price of S1 is believed to be either 44, 43, or 40 while the price of S2 is believed to be either 27, 22, or 20. Suppose that the risk-free interest rate is 3%. What is the unique risk-neutral probability measure Q in this situation? Select one: О а. Q(1) — 0.35, Q(2) — 0.27, Q(3) — 0.38 O b. Q(1) = 0.63, Q(2) = 0.34, Q(3) = 0.03 Ос. Q(1) — 0.25, Q(2) — 0.62, Q(3) — 0.13 O d. Q(1) = 0.35, Q(2) = 0.62, Q(3) = 0.03