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Consider a risky portfolio. The end-of-year cash flow derived from the portfolio will be either $70,000 or $180,000, with equal probabilities of 0.5. The alternative riskless investment in T-bills pays 4%.
a. If you require a risk premium of 12%, how much will you be willing to pay for the portfolio? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
Value of the portfolio $
b. Suppose the portfolio can be purchased for the amount you found in (a). What will the expected rate of return on the portfolio be? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.)
Rate of return %
c.Now suppose you require a risk premium of 16%. What is the price you will be willing to pay now? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
Value of the portfolio $
a) Ans:- $107,758.62
Calculation:-
Expected cash flow is=Summation of Cash flows*Probability
= 0.5 * $70,000 + 0.5 * 180,000
= $125,000
With a risk premium of 12% over the risk-free rate of 4%, the required rate of return =12%+4%= 16%.
Therefore, the present value of the portfolio = $125,000/1.16 = $107,758.62.
b) Ans:- 16%
Reason:- Since the present value of $107,758.62 is calculated by discounting $125,000 at 16%, hence the expected rate of return will be = 16%
c) Ans:- $104,166.67
Calculation:-
In this case required rate of return = Risk premium +risk free rate
=16%+4%= 20%
The present value of the portfolio = $125,000/1.20 = $104,166.67
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