Exam 9: Characterizing Risk and Return

If you own 1,000 shares of Alaska Corporation at $19.95, 250 shares of Best Company at $17.50, and 250 shares of Motor Company at $2.50, what are the portfolio weights of each stock?

You have $10,000 to invest. You want to purchase shares of Alaska Air at $50.00, Best Buy at $50.00, and Ford Motor at $10.00. How many shares of each company should you purchase so that your portfolio consists of 25 percent Alaska Air, 40 percent Best Buy, and 35 percent Ford Motor? Report only whole stock shares.

Which of the following statements is correct regarding total risk?

At the beginning of the month, you owned $15,500 of General Motors, $4,500 of Starbucks, and $9,000 of Nike. The monthly returns for General Motors, Starbucks, and Nike were 7.10 percent, -1.36 percent, and -0.54 percent. What is your portfolio return?

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.

The past three monthly returns for Kohl's are 2.25 percent, -1.54 percent, and 1.35 percent. What is the average monthly return?

Which of these is the portion of total risk that is attributable to overall economic factors?

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Determine which one of these three portfolios dominates another. Name the dominated portfolio and the portfolio that dominates it. Portfolio Blue has an expected return of 14 percent and risk of 19 percent. The expected return and risk of portfolio Yellow are 15 percent and 18 percent; and for the Purple portfolio are 16 percent and 21 percent.

JoJo's portfolio's return is 12 percent. She is invested in Cisco and IBM which had returns of 15 percent and 9 percent respectively. What percentage of JoJo's assets are invested in each firm?

Which of these is the term for portfolios with the highest return possible for each risk level?

The past five monthly returns for K and Company are 2.28 percent, 2.64 percent, -1.05 percent, 4.25 percent, and 9.25 percent. What is the average monthly return?

The past five monthly returns for K and Company are 4.25 percent, 4.13 percent, -2.05 percent, 3.25 percent, and 7.25 percent. What is the average monthly return?

Which of the following is defined as the volatility of an investment, which includes firm specific risk as well as market risk?

The standard deviation of the past five monthly returns for K and Company are 2.28 percent, 2.64 percent, -1.05 percent, 4.25 percent, and 9.25 percent. What is the standard deviation?

From 1950 to 2007, the average return in the stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, was 13.2 percent and a standard deviation of 17 percent. Given this information, which of the following statements is correct?

Rank the following three stocks by their level of total risk, highest to lowest. 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.

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.

Determine which one of these three portfolios dominates another. Name the dominated portfolio and the portfolio that dominates it. Portfolio Blue has an expected return of 7 percent and risk of 10 percent. The expected return and risk of portfolio Yellow are 13 percent and 10 percent; and for the Purple portfolio are 9 percent and 14 percent.

Which of the following is correct?