In: Finance
Mr. Sam Golff desires to invest a portion of his assets in
rental property. He has narrowed his choices down to two apartment
complexes, Palmer Heights and Crenshaw Village. After conferring
with the present owners, Mr. Golff has developed the following
estimates of the cash flows for these properties.
Palmer Heights |
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Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow (in thousands) |
Probability | |||||
$ | 120 | .2 | ||||
125 | .2 | |||||
140 | .2 | |||||
155 | .2 | |||||
160 | .2 | |||||
Crenshaw Village |
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Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow (in thousands) |
Probability | |||||
$ | 125 | .2 | ||||
130 | .3 | |||||
140 | .4 | |||||
150 | .1 | |||||
a. Find the expected cash flow from each apartment
complex. (Enter your answers in thousands (e.g, $10,000
should be enter as "10").)
b. What is the coefficient of variation for each
apartment complex? (Do not round intermediate calculations.
Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
c. Which apartment complex has more risk?
Palmer Heights | |
Crenshaw Village |
a). Expected Cash Flows =
[Probabilityi * Cash Flowsi]
Palmer Heights' Expected Cash Flows = [0.20 * 120] + [0.20 * 125] + [0.20 * 140] + [0.20 * 155] + [0.20 * 160]
= 24 + 25 + 28 + 31 + 32 = $140
Crenshaw Village's Expected Cash Flows = [0.20 * 125] + [0.30 * 130] + [0.40 * 140] + [0.10 * 150]
= 25 + 39 + 56 + 15 = $135
b). Standard Deviation = [{Probabilityi
* (Expected Cash Flow - Cash
Flowsi)2}]1/2
Palmer Heights' Standard Deviation = [{0.2 * (140 - 120)2} + {0.2 * (140 - 125)2} + {0.2 * (140 - 140)2} + {0.2 * (140 - 155)2} + {0.2 * (140 - 160)2}]1/2
= [80 + 45 + 0 + 45 + 80]1/2 = [250]1/2 = $15.81
Crenshaw Village's Standard Deviation = [{0.2 * (135 - 125)2} + {0.3 * (135 - 130)2} + {0.4 * (135 - 140)2} + {0.1 * (135 - 150)2}]1/2
= [20 + 7.5 + 10 + 22.5]1/2 = [60]1/2 = $7.75
Coefficient of Variation(CV) = Standard deviation / Expected Return
Palmer Heights' CV = 15.81 / 140 = 0.1129, or 11.29%
Crenshaw Village's CV = 7.75 / 135 = 0.0574, or 5.74%
c). Palmer Heights has more risk.