What is the estimated discount rate of ABC (assume beta=1.5)?
Assume the market risk premium (E[rm]-rf) is 5% and assume the
risk-free rate is 1%.
A. 9%
B. 4.5%
C. 6%
D. 8.5%
Consider two well-diversified portfolios, A and C,
rf = 4%, E(rA) = 10%, E(rC) = 6%, bA = 1, bC = ½
If the maximum amount you can borrow is $1,000,000, what is your
arbitrage strategy and profit?
A. Long 1 A , short 0.5 C , short
0.5 rf, profit=$5,000
B. Long 1C , short 0.5 A, short
0.5 rf, profit=$5,000
C. Long 0.5 C, Long 0.5 rf, short
1 A, profit=$10,000
D. Long 0.5...
The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) can be written as E(Ri) =
Rf+ βi[E(Rm) − Rf] using the standard notation. The first step in
using the CAPM is to estimate the stock’s beta using the market
model. The market model can be written as Rit= αi+ βiRmt+ uit where
Rit is the excess return for security i at time t, Rmtis the excess
return on a proxy for the market portfolio at time t, and utis an
iid random disturbance...
Show that E(RX) = 10.5%, σX = 3.12%; E(RZ) = 9.4%, σZ = 0.49%;
& E(Rp) = 10.06%,
σp = 1.92%, for assets X & Z, predicted to return (15 &
10%) in booming, (10 & 9%)
in normal & (5 & 10%) in busting economy, if chances of
boom, normal & bust
economy are 0.25, 0.6 & 0.15, & you invest $6,000 in asset
X & $4,000 in asset Z.
I get E(Rp)= 10.06%, but when I try to...
Two assets P and Q, E(rp) = 10%, σp = 10%, E(rq) = 15%, σq =
25%. The risk-free rate of interest (on bills) is 5%.
Now, let’s allow borrowing on margin. Investors can buy P and Q
on margin (but not both). The borrowing rate is the risk-free rate.
State whether the following statements are true or false and give
reasons:
(a) “Investor who prefers P to Q must be risk-averse.”
(b) “Investor who prefers Q to P cannot...