onsider the two (excess return) index model regression results for A and B:   RA = 0.8% + 1RM   R-square = 0.588   Residual standard deviation = 10.8%   RB = –1.2% + 0.7RM   R-square = 0.452   Residual standard deviation = 9% a. Which stock has greater market risk?   multiple choice  A. Stock A B. Stock B     b. For which stock does market movement has a greater fraction of return variability?   multiple choice  A. Stock A B. Stock B     c. If rf were constant at 4.5% and the regression had been run using total rather than excess returns, what would have been the regression intercept for stock A? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

A stock's returns have the following distribution: Demand for theCompany's Products Probability of thisDemand Occurring Rate of Return ifthis Demand Occurs Weak 0.1 (28%) Below average 0.1 (10)    Average 0.4 12    Above average 0.3 22    Strong 0.1 55      1.0   Assume the risk-free rate is 3%. Calculate the stock's expected return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and Sharpe ratio. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock's expected return:   % Standard deviation:   % Coefficient of variation:  Sharpe ratio:

b. Consider the following information about three stocks: Probability of State of i. ii. iii. iv. State of Economy V. Boom Recession Economy 0.40 0.60 From the information given, you are required to answer the following questions. Compute the Standard Deviation for each stock. Compute the Coefficient Variation for each stock. Based on your computation in part (i) and (ii), which stock is riskier? Explain your answer. Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock Hang Stock Hang Jebat 7% 13% Tuah 28% (5%) Stock Hang Kasturi 15% 3% Assume that you have RM14,000 invested in Stock Hang Jebat whose beta is 1.5, RM19,000 invested in Stock Hang Kasturi whose beta is 2.5 and RM17,000 invested in Stock Hang Tuah whose beta is 1.6. Determine what is the beta of this portfolio. Based on your answer in part (iv), compute the required rate of return for this portfolio, given that the market rate of return is 13% and risk-free rate is 5%.

Consider the following probability distribution for stocks A and B: State Probability Return on Stock A Return on Stock B 1 0.10 10% 8% 2 0.20 13% 7% 3 0.20 12% 6% 4 0.30 14% 9% 5 0.20 15% 8% The coefficient of correlation between A and B is:

QUESTION 1 Under which of the following scenarios, the minimum variance portfolio that contains two stocks has the smallest standard deviation? OA. The correlation between the two stock returns is -1 OB. The correlation between the two stock returns is -0.2 OC. The correlation between the two stock returns is 0.2 OD. The correlation between the two stock returns is 0.5

Suppose that the index model for stocks A and B is estimated from excess returns with the following results: RA = 3.6% + 1.2RM + eA RB = -1.6% + 1.5RM + eB OM = 16%; R-squarea = 0.25; R-square; = 0.15 What is the covariance between each stock and the market index? (Calculate using numbers in decimal form, not percentages. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Covariance Stock A Stock B

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A stock's returns have the following distribution: Demand for theCompany's Products Probability of thisDemand Occurring Rate of Return ifthis Demand Occurs Weak 0.1 (22%) Below average 0.2 (13)    Average 0.3 17    Above average 0.3 39    Strong 0.1 64      1.0   Assume the risk-free rate is 2%. Calculate the stock's expected return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and Sharpe ratio. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock's expected return:   % Standard deviation:   % Coefficient of variation:  Sharpe ratio:

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Suppose that the index model for stocks A and B is estimated from excess returns with the following results: RA - 2.60 + 0.90RM + CA Rg- -2.00 + 1.20RM + eg OM- 26, R-equarea 0.21; R-squaren 0.12 Assume you create portfolio Pwith investment proportions of 0.70 in A and 0.30 in B. a. What is the standard deviation of the portfollo? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Standard deviation b. What is the beta of your portfolio? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Portfolio beta c. What is the firm-specific variance of your portfolio? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.) Firm-specific