Consider the following information about three stocks: Rate of Return If State Occurs Probability of State of Economy TITI State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Вoom .25 .13 .29 .60 Normal .60 .08 .11 .13 Bust .15 .02 -18 -45 a-1.lf your portfolio is invested 40 percent each in A and B and 20 percent in C, what is the portfolio expected return? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a- What is the variance? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round 2. your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.)

es Consider the following information on three stocks: State of Economy Boom Normal Bust Probability of State of Economy .20 .40 .40 Rate of Return If State Occurs Stock A .34 .25 .03 Stock B .46 .23 -.25 Stock C .50 .20 - .42 a-1. If your portfolio is invested 35 percent each in A and B and 30 percent in C, what is the portfolio expected return? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a-2. What is the variance? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .32161.) a-3. What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. If the expected T-bill rate is 4.50 percent, what is the expected risk premium on the portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations abd enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c-1. If the expected inflation rate…

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You are exploring the use of APT in making investment choices. You have identified three factors labelled F1, F2, and F3 with corresponding risk premia RP1 = 3%, RP2 = 6%, and RP3 = 2%.  A stock with ticker ABC has historically shown returns which have followed the equation:  rABC=0.14+.50F1+1.20F2+.8F3+eABC What is the equilibrium rate of return for stock ABC using the APT, if the T-bill rate is 5%?

Stocks A and B have the following probability distributions of expected future returns: Probability     A     B 0.1 (7 %) (26 %) 0.1 3   0   0.5 14   22   0.2 20   26   0.1 36   50   Calculate the expected rate of return, , for Stock B ( = 14.20%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   % Calculate the standard deviation of expected returns, σA, for Stock A (σB = 18.68%.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   % Now calculate the coefficient of variation for Stock B. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   Is it possible that most investors might regard Stock B as being less risky than Stock A?   If Stock B is less highly correlated with the market than A, then it might have a higher beta than Stock A, and hence be more risky in a portfolio sense. If Stock B is more highly correlated with the market than A, then it might have a higher…

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Considering the attached set of securities and portfolio returns: Find the combination of the weights that minimizes CV of the portfolio.  How does the CV of the optimal portfolio compare with the CVs of its constituents?

Read the information for 3 stocks X, Y and Z below.                                                                                  Rate of return when state occurs (For Stock X, Y, and Z) State of Economy Probability of State Stock X Stock Y Stock Z Boom 0.3 0.4 0.45 0.6 Normal 0.5 0.2 0.15 0.08 Recession 0.2 0 -0.3 -0.4 If your portfolio includes 35 percent of X, 40 percent of Y and 25 percent of Z, answerthe following questions: (a) Calculate the portfolio expected return.(b) Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of the portfolio (c) If the expected T-bill rate is 3.80 percent, calculate the expected risk premiumon the portfolio.

Parts A-C have already been answered, looking for answer D.

What is the required return for each stock? What is required return for stock B? Scenario Probability Stock A Stock B Market Risk-free rate Bust 0.25 -0.15 -0.05     Normal 0.55 0.2 0.1     Boom 0.2 0.4 0.3     Beta   1.2 0.9     Expected return       0.13 0.05