Suppose you observe the following situation: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Bust 0.22 -0.12 -0.27 Normal 0.48 0.1 0.05 Boom 0.3 0.23 0.28 Assume the capital asset pricing model holds and stock A's beta is greater than stock B's beta by 0.21. What is the expected market risk premium?

Consider a three-factor APT model. The factors and associated risk premiums are: Factor Risk Premium (%) Change in gross national product (GNP) + 6.5 Change in energy prices 0.5 Change in long-term interest rates +2.9 Calculate expected rates of return on the following stocks. The risk - free interest rate is 6.8%. A stock whose return is uncorrelated with all three factors

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Consider the following information: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Recession 0.30 0.05-0.15 Normal 0.55 0.15 0.15 Boom 0.15 0.20 0.35 Calculate the expected return for the two stocks.

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%.

We know the following expected returns for stocks A and B, given the different states of the economy: State(s) Probability E(rA,s) E(rB,s) Recession 0.1-0.06 0.04 Normal 0.5 0.09 0.07 Expansion 0.4 0.17 0.11 What is the standard deviation of returns for stock B?

The following expected return and the standard deviation of current returns are known:   Security (i) Expected Return Standard Deviation βi A 0.20 0.12 1.1 B 0.12 0.10 0.8 T-Bills 0.05 0 0 Market Portfolio 0.20 0.15 1 Required: Determine which of A or B is over-valued or undervalued.

Beta for stock AAA=0, so, A) stock AAA's return = the return of the market portfolio. B) stock AAA's required return = the risk-free rate C) stock AAA has a promised return, regardless of the market condition. D) stock AAA's return >return of the market portfolio.

Which of the following will (holding everything else constant) cause the price earnings (P/E) ratio of a stock to decrease: The required return increases The risk-free rate decreases The stock's beta decreases The required return decreases

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