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An investor has the following portfolio of three shares. However, the amount invested in SYD is not supplied. The investor owns 4,000 SYD shares that are currently trading at $2.50 each. Each share is priced in equilibrium. Government bonds have a current yield of 5% p.a.
Company |
Expected Return |
Amount Invested |
Beta |
SYD |
11.63% |
??? |
0.68 |
BKK |
17.09% |
$15,000 |
1.24 |
LHR |
22.55% |
$5,000 |
1.8 |
(a) What is the expected return of the portfolio?
(b) What is the risk of the portfolio?
(c) Calculate the market risk premium.
(d) The investor is considering the purchase of another share, LAX, that has a current return of 19.25%. If LAX has a beta of 1.4, are LAX shares overpriced, underpriced or fairly priced? Explain
Important: Please explain your calculations. Please show your calculations thoroughly. Please show formulas and calculations clearly. Please do not use excel.
Amount invested in SYD = No of share * Price = 4000 * 2.50 = 10000
First Find weight of each investment. It is calculated by
Investment in a Security / Total AMount Invested
Amount Invested | Weight | |
SYD | 10000 | 0.3333 |
BKK | 15000 | 0.5000 |
LHR | 5000 | 0.1667 |
Total | 30000 |
a. 16.18%
Expected Return = Return from a Security * Weight ie.
Ret syd*weight syd + Ret BKK*weight BKK + Ret LHR*weight LHR
Company | Expected Return | Weight | Expected Ret*Weight |
SYD | 11.63% | 0.3333 | 3.88% |
BKK | 17.09% | 0.5000 | 8.55% |
LHR | 22.55% | 0.1667 | 3.76% |
Total | 16.18% |
b. Risk of Portfolio = Weighted Beta = 1.1467%
i.e Beta syd*weight syd + Beta BKK*weight BKK + Beta LHR*weight LHR
Company | Beta | Weight | Expected Ret*Weight |
SYD | 0.68% | 0.3333 | 0.2267% |
BKK | 1.24% | 0.5000 | 0.6200% |
LHR | 1.80% | 0.1667 | 0.3000% |
Total | 1.1467% |
c. Market Premium = 9.75%
According to CAPM
Retrn Expected = Risk free Return + Beta (Market Return Premium)
5 + 0.68*Market Premium = 11.63
Market Premium = (11.63 - 5) / 0.68 = 9.75%
d. For LAX share expected return as per CAPM would be
= 5 + 1.4*9.75 = 18.65%
But the return is 19.25%. so the share is underpriced as actual return is higher than CAPM Return