Exam 12: Return, Risk and Security Management

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Assume that Stock I is related to two factors where the sensitivity coefficients, $i1 and $i2 are 1.4 and 0.8, respectively. If the risk-free rate is 8%, the premium for the first factor is 6% and the second factor premium is -2%, what is the stock's expected return?

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To date, results of empirical tests of the CAMP have been

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Assume an asset has a positive covariance with the market. The beta of the asset is:

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Can a risky asset ever have a negative beta? (Hint: Yes) What would the expected return be on such an asset? Why would you want to buy such an asset?

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Compared with the capital pricing model (CAPM), one major advantage of the arbitrage pricing model (APT) is that

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A certain stock has a beta of 1.5 and an expected return of 21 percent. This means:

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You have a portfolio of 10 stocks that are held in equal amounts. The current beta of this portfolio is 1.55 and the beta of Stock A is 2. If Stock A is sold, what does the beta of the replacement stock have to be to ensure a new portfolio beta of 1.46?

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_______ is a measure of the tendency for two securities to move in the same direction.

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Which of the following is/are true regarding a stock with a beta of 1.2? I. The stock has 20 percent more systematic risk than the market. II. If the market increases by one percent, the stock will increase by 1.2 percent. III. The stock has a greater expected return than the market. IV. The stock has a greater reward-to-risk ratio than the market.

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Which of the following stocks has the greatest systematic risk? Stock A Stock B Stock C Stock D Standard deviation 62\% 47\% 53\% 59\%\% Beta 1.10 1.05 1.30 0.90

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Which of the following is most apt to be unsystematic risk?

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You have a portfolio that is 25% invested in the risk-free asset, 30% invested in Stock A with a beta of 1.35, and the remainder in Stock B. If the beta of your portfolio is the same as the market, what is the beta of Stock B?

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WAG Inc. has just announced that it lost $0.56 a share in the previous quarter yet the price of the stock remains the same. This is an example of the market having ___________ the announcement into the stock price.

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The correlation between a stock and the market is 0.48. The standard deviation of the stock is 41 percent, and the standard deviation of the market is 23 percent. What is the beta of the stock?

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Brooke invested $3,500 in the stock market with the expectation of earning 9.5 percent. She actually earned 10.7 percent for the year. What is the amount of her unexpected return?

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Which of the following represents the pure time value of money?

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Amount invested Expected return Beta Stock X \ 30,000 16\% 1.35 Stock Y \ 45,000 13\% 1.10 Stock Z \ 25,000 10\% 0.85 -What is the beta of the portfolio?

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Which of the following is the best example of systematic risk?

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Risk that affects a single company is called ______ risk.

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The graphical representation of the Capital Asset Pricing Model outlining the linear relationship between systematic risk and the expected return of an asset is shown by:

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