Exam 9: Characterizing Risk and Return

Rank the following three stocks by their risk-return relationship, best to worst. Rail Haul has an average return of 10 percent and standard deviation of 19 percent. The average return and standard deviation of Idol Staff are 12 percent and 22 percent; and of Poker-R-Us are 11 percent and 25 percent.

The total risk of the S&P 500 Index is equal to

Year-to-date, Company Y had earned a 10.8 percent return. During the same time period, Company R earned 12.20 percent and Company C earned −1.56 percent. If you have a portfolio made up of 45 percent Y, 35 percent R, and 20 percent C, what is your portfolio return?

You have $45,050 to invest. You want to purchase shares of Company A at $10.25, Company B at $15.10, and Company F at $9.05. How many shares of each company should you purchase so that your portfolio consists of 30 percent Company A, 50 percent Company B, and 20 percent Company F? Report only whole stock shares.

The mean return computed by finding the equivalent return that is compounded for N periods is ________.

Rank the following three stocks by their total risk level, highest to lowest. Night Ryder has an average return of 14 percent and standard deviation of 30 percent. The average return and standard deviation of WholeMart are 12 percent and 25 percent; and of Fruit Fly are 25 percent and 40 percent.

At the beginning of the month, you owned $8,000 of Company G, $8,000 of Company S, and $3,000 of Company N. The monthly returns for Company G, Company S, and Company N were 7.80 percent, 1.50 percent, and −0.75 percent. What is your portfolio return?

If you own 600 shares of Alaska Corporation at $23.25, 450 shares of Best Company at $34.50, and 150 shares of Motor Company at $6.95, what are the portfolio weights of each stock?

Which of the following is the correct ranking from least risky to most risky?

Which of the following is correct?

FedEx Corp. stock ended the previous year at $113.39 per share. It paid a $0.40 per share dividend last year. It ended last year at $126.69. If you owned 300 shares of FedEx, what was your dollar return and percent return?

If you own 400 shares of Xerox at $15.00, 500 shares of Qwest at $10.00, and 350 shares of Liz Claiborne at $45.00, what are the portfolio weights of each stock?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Which of the following is correct?

Which of the following statements is correct with regards to diversification?

Which of the following is defined as the portion of total risk that is attributable to firm or industry factors and can be reduced through diversification?

Rank the following three stocks by their risk-return relationship, best to worst. Rail Haul has an average return of 8 percent and standard deviation of 10 percent. The average return and standard deviation of Idol Staff are 10 percent and 20 percent; and of Poker-R-Us are 6 percent and 15 percent.

The past five monthly returns for PG&E are 12.14 percent, −11.37 percent, 3.77 percent, 6.47 percent, and 3.58 percent. What is the average monthly return?

Which of these is a measure of risk to reward earned by an investment over a specific period of time?

Rank the following three stocks by their risk-return relationship, best to worst. Night Ryder has an average return of 33 percent and standard deviation of 40 percent. The average return and standard deviation of WholeMart are 10 percent and 20 percent; and of Fruit Fly are 19 percent and 33 percent.