Consider the following information: Probability of State- State of Economy of Economy Boom Good Poor Bust 15 .55 .25 .05 a. Expected return b-1. Variance b-2. Standard deviation Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C .39 .49 .29 15 .20 .08 -.09 -.24 -.01 -.20 a. Your portfolio is invested 24 percent each in A and C, and 52 percent in B. What the expected return of the portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations a enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-1. What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations an round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) b-2. What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and ent your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) % -.07 -.10 %

Consider the following information about three stocks: Probability 0.22 State of Economy Boom Normal Bust 0.53 0.25 Stock A 0.24 0.00 0.17 -0.28 Stock B 0.36 0.13 -0.45 Stock C 0.55 0.09 Instructions: a) If your portfolio is invested 40% each in A and B and 20% in C, what is the portfolio expected return? The variance? The standard deviation? b) If the expected T-bill rate is 3.80%, the expected inflation rate is 3.50% what are the approximate and exact expected real returns on the portfolio? what is the approximate real risk premium? Show your steps.

Consider the following information: Probability of State of State of Economy Boom Bust Economy 0.55 8.45 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected return Variance Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C 0.06 0.14 0.34 0.10 0.02 -0.07 10.65% b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 25% each in A and B and 50% in C? (Do not round intermediate calc the final answer to 6 decimal places.)

Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs State of Probability of State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Economy Boom 0.15 0.32 0.42 0.33 Good 0.45 0.19 0.13 0.12 Poor 0.30 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 Bust 0.10 - 0.16 -0.28 0.09 a. Your portfolio is invested 30 percent each in A and C, and 40 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Expected return % b-1What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16161)) Variance b-2What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Standard deviation %

When evaluating a project with non-normal cash flows (cash flows change sign for at least two times during the project life), the best method to use for capital budgeting analysis is the:     internal rate of return     payback rule     discounted payback     Modified internal rate of return (MIRR)

Consider the following information: State of Economy Boom Bust Probability of State of Economy a. Expected return b. Variance .60 .40 Rate of Return if State Occurs % Stock A Stock B .23 .08 .15 .18 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 24 percent each in A and B and 52 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616.) Stock C .42 -.09

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Consider the following information on a portfolio of three stocks: State of Probability of Economy State of Economy Boom .12 Normal Bust .33 Stock A Rate of Return .07 .16 Stock B Rate of Return .32 .27 -.26 Stock Rate of Return .45 .25 -.35 a. If your portfolio is invested 40 percent each in A and B and 20 percent in C, what is the portfolio's expected return, the variance, and the standard deviation ? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations . Round your variance answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161. Enter your other answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places , e.g., 32.16. bIf the expected T-bill rate is 4.5 percent, what is the expected risk premium on the portfolio ? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16 . % a. Expected return Variance Standard deviation % b. Expected risk premium %

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