Assume that the short-term risk-free rate is 6%, the market index S&P500 is expected to pay returns of 30% with the standard deviation equal to 40%. Asset A pays on average 10%, has a standard deviation equal to 40% and is NOT correlated with the S&P500. Asset B pays on average 16%, also has a standard deviation equal to 40% and has a correlation of 1 with the S&P500. Determine whether asset A and B are overvalued or undervalued, and explain why.

What is the expected return on asset A if it has a beta of 0.5, the expected market return is 13%, and the risk-free rate is 3%? O 6.5% 8% 9.5% 7% O 5%

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Asset A has an expected return of 20% and a standard deviation of 25%. The risk free rate is 10%. What is the reward-to- variability ratio (Sharpe ratio)? O 40 O .50 O .75 O.80

Two risky assets: A and B. The expected return for A is 15% and for B 30%. The variance for returns for A is 200(%2) and for B is 800(%2). The covariance between A and B returns is -0.05. T-bills give a return of 5% with a standard deviation of 0%. The investor has a risk aversion index, A=5.0. Show all work.    1. calculate the correlation between A and B 2. calculate portfolio return / standard deviation for global mvp 3. optical risky portfolio, P (expected return and SD) 4. slope of CAL 5. how much will the investor invest (A=4) in T-bills, assets A and B?

Required Return If the risk-free rate is 11.8 percent and the market risk premium is 7.6 percent, what is the required return for the market?

Use the basic equation for the CAPM to rework each of the following problems for above case. Case A) Find the required return for an asset with a beta of 0.9 when the risk-free rate and market return are 8% and 12% respectively. Case B) Find the risk-free rate for a firm with a required return of 15% and a beta of 1.25 when the market return is 14%. Case C) Find the market return for an asset with a required return of 16% and a beta of 1.1 when the risk-free rate is 9%. Case D) Find the beta for an asset with a required return of 15% when the risk-free rate and market return are 10% and 12.5% respectively.

If the beta of Asset A is 2.2, the risk free rate is 2.5%, and the expected return on Asset A is 8%, what is the expected return on the market (Note: you want to use CAPM)? Group of answer choices 7.28% 5.00% 8.00% 16.80%

Assume for parts (a) to (h) that the Capital Asset Pricing Model holds. The marketportfolio has an expected return of 5%. Stock A’s return has a market beta of 1.5, anexpected value of 7% and a standard deviation of 10%. Stock B’s return has amarket beta of 0.5 and a standard deviation of 20%. The correlation between stockA’s and stock B’s return is 0.5.Required:a) Explain the term ‘capital asset pricing model.’b) What is the risk-free rate?c) What is the expected return on stock B?d) Draw a graph with expected return on the y-axis and beta on the x-axis. Indicate the approximate position of the risk-free asset, the market portfolio and stocks A and B on this graph. Draw the line, which connects these four points.e) Explain the term ‘Securities Market Line’, and what is the slope of the SML for this economy?f) Consider a portfolio with a weight of 50% in stock A and 50% in stock B. What are its variance and expected return?g) Where would under-priced and over-priced securities plot on…

If the correlation between an asset and the market is 0.6, the standard deviation of the asset is 18% and the standard deviation of the market is 14%, what is the beta of the asset?