RISK AND RATES OF RETURN
(I need help explaining the following and/or demonstrating it for my upcoming exam if anyone could help me comprehend the concepts I would greatly appreciate it!!)
Explain the positive relationship between risk and return..
Interpret standard deviation and probability distributions as a measure of risk..
Explain diversifiable (business-specific or unsystematic) risk versus non-diversifiable (systematic) risk..
Interpret correlations between investments and explain how basic diversification works..
Explain and interpret beta (β) for an individual security and for a portfolio..
Calculate portfolio beta (β) given the betas and weightings of individual securities..
Calculate expected return, E(r), for a stock using the CAPM formula..
Calculate portfolio expected return given the returns and weightings of individual securities..
Relate the CAPM formula to the Security Market Line (SML) and explain what the SML shows..
Explain how inflation affects the SML..
Explain how changes in investor risk aversion (MRP) affects the SML..
RISK AND RATES OF RETURN
(I need help explaining the following and/or demonstrating it for my upcoming exam if anyone could help me comprehend the concepts I would greatly appreciate it!!)
Explain the positive relationship between risk and return..
Interpret standard deviation and probability distributions as a measure of risk..
Explain diversifiable (business-specific or unsystematic) risk versus non-diversifiable (systematic) risk..
Interpret correlations between investments and explain how basic diversification works..
Explain and interpret beta (β) for an individual security and for a portfolio..
Calculate portfolio beta (β) given the betas and weightings of individual securities..
Calculate expected return, E(r), for a stock using the CAPM formula..
Calculate portfolio expected return given the returns and weightings of individual securities..
Relate the CAPM formula to the Security Market Line (SML) and explain what the SML shows..
Explain how inflation affects the SML..
Explain how changes in investor risk aversion (MRP) affects the SML..
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CONCEPTS IN THIS CASE
expected return
risk
portfolio choice
diversification
systematic risk
nonsystematic risk
beta
capital asset pricing model
arbitrage pricing
Your supervisor has asked that you quantify the effects of diversification using three potential portfolios. The information given regarding each portfolio is as follows:
| Probability | Return (%) on | Return (%) on | Return (%) on |
| .20 | 8 | 24 | 16 |
| .30 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| .30 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| .20 | 14 | 17 | 6 |
Using the information above, calculate the following for each individual security:
What is the expected return for security A?
What is the expected return for security B?
What is the expected return for security C?
What is the variance of the return for security A?
What is the variance of the return for security B?
What is the variance of the return for security C?
Using the information above, calculate the following for each pair of securities:
What is the covariance of securities A and B?
What is the covariance of securities A and C?
What is the covariance of securities B and C?
If your firm makes equal investments in securities A and B (50% in each):
What is the expected return of the portfolio that combines A and B?
What is the variance of the portfolio that combines A and B?
If your firm makes equal investments in securities A and C (50% in each):
What is the expected return of the portfolio that combines A and C?
What is the variance of the portfolio that combines A and C?
If your firm makes equal investment in securities B and C (50% in each):
What is the expected return of the portfolio that combines B and C?
What is the expected variance of the portfolio that combines B and C?
Given the results of your work in questions 3, 4, and 5 above, which portfolio would you recommend to your supervisor? Explain.
You have searched online resources and found the beta of each security. Security A has a beta of 1.0, security B has a beta of .50 and security C has a beta of 1.50. If the risk-free interest rate is 5% and the expected return for the market portfolio is 12%:
What is the CAPM risk premium for security A?
What is the CAPM risk premium for security B?
What is the CAPM risk premium for security C?
How would your definition of the risk premium change if you used the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) equation?
