Q. Market rate of return is 18%, risk-free rate of return 8% and beta is 1.2 1. Calculate the required rate of return 2. Calculate risk premium

Consider a two-factor Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) model, T; = a; + b1,ifı + b2.i f2 + €i, with the following information Asset i Asset 1 0.07 0.50 0.25 Asset 2 0.15 1.10 0.75 Asset 3 0.20 b1,3 Hi b1i b2i 1.0 and the risk-free rate rp is 0.025. (a) Find the value of b13 to preclude arbitrage opportunity. (b) is an Asset 4 with 4 = 0.13, b14 = 0.8, and b2.4 = 0.4. Explain how you would exploit an arbitrage opportunity if there

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What is a risk measure? a Alpha  b Required return on the market portfolio  c Standard deviation of historical returns

Finance In the context of risk management, what is 95% VaR? Explain the pros and cons of using VaR.

H Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pe represents price at time t, and Qe represents shares outstanding at time t Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period. Pe 81 41 82 lo 100 200 200 Rate of return P₁ 86 36 92 li 100 200 200 % P₂ 86 36 46 Required: Calculate the first-period rates of return on the following indexes of the three stocks: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) a. A market value-weighted index 2₂ 100 200 400

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