You live in a world where three future states are possible: Boom, Normal and Recession. See the probablities of these states in the attched table. Consider a stock which you expected to have the following returns in these states of the economy. State Probability Return 2.79 25% Normal 55% Recession 20% -0.04 What is the standard deviation of returns on an investment in this stock? Boom O 6.52% 6.37% 4.62% State 7.17% Expected 0.15 0.08

Consider the following information in Figure 1 below for a portfolio including security A and security B:              Figure 1 State of the economy Probability of state of economy Return on A (%) Return on B (%) Boom 0.2 15 5 Growth 0.2 -5 0 Normal 0.5 10 10 Recession 0.1 5 20   If you want to include one more security C into the above portfolio. (e.g., a new portfolio including securities A, B, and C), what is the new portfolio variance if you invest 40% of C and 60% of the old portfolio including A and B (50% weights for A and B)?  Assume the standard deviation of C is 10%, and correlation coefficient between the old portfolio and C is 0.8.

Consider the following information: State of Probability of Economy State of Economy Boom Bust .58 .42 Rate of Return if State Occurs Variance Stock A .07 .16 Stock B 15 .06 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected return 12.87% % Stock C 33 -.06 b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 20 percent each in A and B and 60 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.) 1.29% *

es Consider the following information on three stocks: State of Economy Boom Normal Bust Probability of State of Economy .20 .40 .40 Rate of Return If State Occurs Stock A .34 .25 .03 Stock B .46 .23 -.25 Stock C .50 .20 - .42 a-1. If your portfolio is invested 35 percent each in A and B and 30 percent in C, what is the portfolio expected return? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a-2. What is the variance? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .32161.) a-3. What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. If the expected T-bill rate is 4.50 percent, what is the expected risk premium on the portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations abd enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c-1. If the expected inflation rate…

Northern Wear stock has an expected return of 14.6 percent. Given the information below, what is the expected return on this stock if the economy is normal? Probability of State of Economy .15 State of Economy Rate of Return Recession Normal -05 .80 Воom .05 .19 O 13 percent O 16 percent 18 percent O 21 percent O 23 percent

Consider the following scenario analysis: Rate of Return Scenario Probability Stocks Bonds Recession 0.30 -7% 18% Normal economy Boom 0.60 20% 0.10 26% 10% 3% a. Is it reasonable to assume that Treasury bonds will provide higher returns in recessions than in booms? b. Calculate the expected rate of return and standard deviation for each investment. c. Which investment would you prefer? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C Calculate the expected rate of return and standard deviation for each investment. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. Expected Rate of Return Stocks 12.5% Bonds 11.7 % Standard Deviation % %

Use the following information on states of the economy and stock returns to calculate the expected return for Dingaling Telephone:

Consider the following information: State of Probability of Economy State of Economy Boom Bust 0.62 0.38 Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A 0.09 0.20 Stock B 0.17 0.06 Stock C 0.35 -0.10 6 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected return % b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 20% each in A and B and 60% in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Roun the final answer to 6 decimal places.) Variance

37. An analyst developed the following probability distribution of the rate of return for a common stock: Rate of return Scenario Recession -0.05 0.10 0.25 What's the standard deviation of the rate of return? Show your calculations. n k=ZkP |o= i=1 A. 0.0549. B. 0.0649. Normal Boom . 0.0749. D. 0.0849 E. 0.0949. 건 Probability 0.20 0.60 0.20 i-1 (k₂ − Ê)² P₂.

Consider the following information: Rate of Return If State Occurs State of Probability of State of Economy Economy Boom .60 Stock A .08 Stock B .16 Stock C .34 Bust .40 .18 .08 -.07 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 18 percent each in A and B and 64 percent in C? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616.) a. Expected return % b. Variance