What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Hint: Equally means that each stock has the same weight. Given that there are only 3 stocks, each has a weight of 1/3) Enter the answer with 4 decimals (e.g. 0.1234).

Consider the following table, which gives a security analyst’s expected return on two stocks and the market index in two scenarios:  Scenario Probability Market Return Aggressive Stock Defensive Stock 1 0.5 6% 2.6% 4.4% 2 0.5 16 27 14   Required: a. What are the betas of the two stocks? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)   b. What is the expected rate of return on each stock? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)   c. If the T-bill rate is 7%, what are the alphas of the two stocks? (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

K (Expected rate of return and risk) Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, which investment is better, based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return? Common Stock A Probability 0.20 0.60 0.20 Common Stock B Return 13% 17% 18% Probability 0.10 0.40 0.40 0.10 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Return -7% 5% 16% 21% www a. Given the information in the table, the expected rate of return for stock A is 16.40 %. (Round to two decimal places.) The standard deviation of stock A is 1.74 %. (Round to two decimal places.) b. The expected rate of return for stock B is 9.8 %. (Round to two decimal places.) The standard deviation for stock B is 6.12 %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Consider the following Information: Stock Return if Market Return Is: Stock -12% 12% 12 14 C D Stock A B -12 -32 11 20 What is the beta of each of the stocks? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Use decimals, not percents, in your calculations. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) D E 22 15 Beta

Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period. A B с Po 81 41 82 Rate of return 20 100 200 200 Divisor P1₁ 86 36 92 21 100 200 200 Required: a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t= 1). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) % P2 86 36 46 Q2 100 200 400 b. What will be the divisor for the price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

You have estimated the following probability distributions of expected future returns for Stocks X and Y: Stock X Stock Y Probability Return Probability Return 0.1   -12 % 0.2   4 % 0.1   11   0.2   7   0.3   14   0.3   11   0.3   30   0.2   17   0.2   40   0.1   30   What is the expected rate of return for Stock X? Stock Y? Round your answers to one decimal place.Stock X:   % Stock Y:   % What is the standard deviation of expected returns for Stock X? For Stock Y? Round your answers to two decimal places.Stock X:   % Stock Y:   % Which stock would you consider to be riskier? is riskier because it has a  standard deviation of returns.

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Consider the two stocks below. Which has a positive beta (i.e., tends to move in the same direction as the market)? Which has a higher R2 (1.e., market returns explain more of its return patterns)? Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. Stock 1 has a positive beta and a higher R² a b C d Stock 2 has a positive beta and a higher R² Stock 1 has a positive beta, but Stock 2 has a higher R Stock 2 has a positive beta, but Stock 1 has a higher R² ft RM Stock 2 Stock 1 Par

Consider the following information: a. Calculate the expected return for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Calculate the standard deviation for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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%.