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Given the following information on a investment portfolio:
Stock Name Expected
tesla 15.5% 3750 10.3%
microsoft 9.8% 5000 5.6%
pfizer 13.8% 1250 12%
Which stock should have the most systematic risk?
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- Consider information given in the table below and answers the question asked thereafter: State Probability return on stock A Return on stock B A 0.15 10% 9% B 0.15 6% 15% C 0.10 20% 10% D 0.18 5% -8% E 0.12 -10% 20% F 0.30 8% 5% i. Calculate expected return on each stock? On the basis of this measure, which stockyou will choose?ii. Calculate standard deviation of the returns on each stock? On the basis of thismeasure, which stock you will choose?iii. Calculate coefficient of variance of the returns on each stock? On the basis of thismeasure, which stock you will choose?Suppose we have the following information: Securit Amount Invested Expected Return Beta Stock A RM1 ,OOO 8% 0.80 Stock B RM2,OOO 12% 0.95 Stock C RM3,OOO 15% 1.10 Stock D RM4,OOO 18% a) Compute the expected return on this portfolio. b) Calculate the beta of the portfolio. c) Does this portfolio have more or less systematic risk than an average asset? Explain.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.)
- (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 retum? Common Stock A Probability 0.25 0,50 0:25 Common Stock B Return 10% 17% 10% Probability 0.10 0:40 0:40 010 (Click on the soon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet) Return -6% 8% 15% 20% COD a. Given the information in the table the expected rate of return for stock A is 15.5% (Round to two decimal places) The standard deviation of stock A is 4 36% (Round to two decimal places)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(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 Common Stock B Probability Return Probability Return0.20 10% 0.15 -4% 0.60 16% 0.35 7%0.20 21% 0.35 13% 0.15 20% a) Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, what is the expected rate of return for stock A? What is the standard deviation? b. Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, what is the expected rate of return for stock B? What is the standard deviation? c. Based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return of each stock, which…
- You are given the following information about a portfolio consisting of stocks X, Y, and Z: Stock Investment Expected Return X 10,000 8% Y 15,000 12% 25,000 16% Calculate the expected return of the portfolio.RISK AND RETURN: Stock A and Stock B have the following distribution of rates of return:State of the economy Probability Stock A returns Stock B returnsRecession 0.10 -20% 30%Normal 0.60 10 20Boom 0.30 70 50a. What are the expected returns and standard deviations of these two shares?b. As an investment analyst with Gold Coast Securities Ltd, which of these stocks wouldyou recommend to a risk avoider investor?Consider the following stocks with equal probabilities of return: Outcome Return Stock A Return Stock B 1 -5% 2% 2 10% 12% 3 18% 15% a. compute the expected returns of stock A and B. b. compute the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B. Which stock is risky? c. Ignoring the probabilities, what is the total risk and relative risk of stock A and B? Which stock is risky? Round-off final answers only to two decimal places. Attach hand-written/excel solution here.
- From the following information, calculate covariance between stocks A and B and expected return and risk of a portfolio in which A and B are equally weighted.Which stock would be recommend if investment in individual stock is to be made? Justify answer using numerical calculations. Stock A Stock B Expected return 24% 35% Standard deviation 12% 18% Coefficient of correlation 0.65 0.65You've gathered the following infomration on stock A and stock B: Beta Volatility Stock 1.5 25% A Stock 1.25 30% B Which stock has a higher systematic risk? O O Stock A Stock B They're the same Not enough information to decideWhich one of the following stocks is correctly priced if the risk-free rate of return is 3.0 percent and the market risk premium is 7.5 percent? Expected Return 8.46% Stock A B с D E 0000С Stock A O Stock D Stock C O Stock E Beta 77 1.46 1.27 1.44 .95 Stock B 12.47 11.19 13.80 8.65