Based on the information of four investment proposals, rank the proposals in terms of NPV index.   A. 3, 2, 1, 4 B. 2, 3, 1, 4 C.2, 1, 3, 4 D. 4,  1, 2, 3

Given the following information, compute the standard deviation for Investment A:   Payoff   Probability 30%       0.6 15%       0.3 -12%     0.1 Group of answer choices   a. None of these are correct   b. 6%   c. 9%   d. 13%

You are evaluating five investment projects. You already calculated the rate of return for each alternative investment and incremental rate of return between the two alternatives as well. In calculating the incremental rate of return, a lower cost investment project is subtracted from the higher cost investment project. All rate of return figures are rounded to the nearest integers. Investment Alternative Initial Investment ($) Rate of Return (%) Rate of Return on Incremental Investment (%) A CDE A B C D E b.Select E. c. Select B. 35,000 45,000 d. Do nothing. 50,000 65,000 80,000 12 15 13 20 18 B 28 20 36 27 12 40 22 If all investment alternatives are mutually exclusive and the MARR is 12%, which alternative should be chosen? a. Select D. 42 25 -5

Possible outcomes for three investment alternatives and their probabilities of occurrence are given next. Failure Acceptable Successful Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 Outcomes Probability Outcomes Probability Outcomes Probability 50 0.40 70 0.20 85 0.40 0.20 130 0.40 325 0.40 0.40 265 0.40 410 0.20 Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3 80 135 Using the coefficient of variation, rank the three alternatives in terms of risk from lowest to highest. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Coefficient of Variation Rank

10.3 Refer to Exhibit 10.2. a. Construct an equal-weighted (50/50) portfolio of investments B and C. What are the expected rate of return and standard deviation of the portfolio? Explain your results. b. Construct an equal-weighted (50/50) portfolio of investments B and D. What are the expected rate of return and standard deviation of the portfolio? Explain your results.

The table presents the actual return of each sector of the manager's portfolio in column (1), the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column (2), the benchmark or neutral sector allocations in column (3), and the returns of sector indexes in column (4). (1) (2) (3) (4) Actual Actual Benchmark Index Return Weight Weight Return Equity 16% 80% 60% 10% Bonds 9% 15% 35% 7% Cash 3% 5% 5% 1% What was the manager's return in the month? What was the benchmark's return in the month? Did the manager over or under perform the benchmark? a. Over perform b. Under perform c. Equal performance d. Cannot tell from the information given e. None of the above By how much did the manager over or under perform the benchmark? What is the contribution of security selection to relative performance? What is the contribution of asset allocation to relative performance?

The market portfolio has a beta of  _________ Group of answer choices a. 0 b. 1 c. -1 d. 0.5

The table presents the actual return of each sector of the manager's portfolio in column (1), the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column (2), the benchmark or neutral sector allocations incolumn (3), and the returns of sector indexes in column (4).(1) (2) (3) (4)Actual Actual Benchmark IndexReturn Weight Weight ReturnEquity 15% 80% 60% 10%Bonds 10% 15% 30% 6%Cash 4% 5% 5% 1%What was the manager's return in the month?   What was the benchmark's return in the month?

Computing Present and Future Values Under Different Assumptions Determine the unknown variables in each of the four separate investment scenarios.   Round the RATE to one percentage point (for example, enter 8.5 for 8.54444%). Round NPER, PV, and PMT to the nearest whole number. Use a negative sign only for an amount related to PMT.       Investment 1 Investment 2 Investment 3 Investment 4 RATE Answer 7% 6% 1% NPER 10 Answer 4 24 PV $216,000 $9,000 Answer $21,600 PMT $(35,000) $(2,300) $(16,200) Answer TYPE End of period Beg. of period End of period Beg. of period

Rank the following risky investment projects based on stochastic dominance. Project P Project Q Payoff Probability Payoff Probability 20 0.3 30 0.25 40 0.4 50 0.25 70 0.2 60 0.25 80 0.1 90 0.25