Module 2 - stock options

My class is called Quantitative analysis, so I believe it falls under Statistics.  My question is:  As a financial advisor, you are assigned a new client who is considering investing in one of two stocks, A or B. The table below shows information about the performance of stocks A and B last year.   Return Standard Deviation Stock A 15 % 8.3% Stock B 14% 2.1% As a financial advisor, are there factors other than return and risk that should be considered in making this decision? Based on these factors, what stock would you recommend to the client? What reasons will you convey to your client to justify your decision in recommending this stock? How will this recommendation impact the client? I just need help with part 4

The table below shows information about the performance of stocks A and B last year.   Return Standard Deviation Stock A 15 % 8.3% Stock B 14% 2.1% As a financial advisor, are there factors other than return and risk that should be considered in making this decision? Based on these factors, what stock would you recommend to the client?

The table below shows information about the performance of stocks A and B last year.   Return Standard Deviation Stock A 15 % 8.3% Stock B 14% 2.1%   What reasons will you convey to your client to justify your decision in recommending this stock? How will this recommendation impact the client?

Questions: a. Compute the expected return for stock X and for stock Y b. Compute the standard deviation for stock X and for stock Y. c. Determine the best course to take for investing.

Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that​ follows, which investment is​ better, based on the risk​ (as measured by the standard​ deviation) and​ return?   Common Stock A              Common Stock B              Probability Return Probability Return 0.35 13​% 0.25 −7​%   0.30 17​% 0.25 8​%   0.35 21​% 0.25 15​%       0.25 23​%   ​(Click on the icon    in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.​)       Question content area bottom Part 1 a.  Given the information in the​ table, the expected rate of return for stock A is enter your response here​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks.  Given the information that​ follows, which investment is​ better, based on the risk​ (as measured by the standard​ deviation) and​ return?   Common Stock A   Common Stock B     Probability Return Probability Return   0.25 13​% 0.25 −7​%   0.50 14​% 0.25 7​%   0.25 18​% 0.25 16​%       0.25 23​%   ​(Click on the icon    in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.​)           Question content area bottom Part 1 a.  Given the information in the​ table, the expected rate of return for stock A is   enter your response here ​%.  ​(Round to two decimal​ places.) Part 2 The standard deviation of stock A is   enter your response here ​%.  ​(Round to two decimal​ places.) Part 3 b.  The expected rate of return for stock B is   enter your response here ​%.  ​(Round to two decimal​ places.) Part 4 The standard deviation for stock B is   enter…

You are a portfolio manager. John Smith, one of your clients, by providing you the following formation requested you to calculate standard deviation of Shah Corporation stock and High Fly Corporation.  Based on the given information, what is the standard deviation of the returns on i) Shah Corporation and ii) High Fly Corporation? Which stock has higher standard deviation? Why? Please provide your reasoning. Please show all the calculations by which you came up with the final answer.

You are an analyst for a large public pension fund and you have been assigned the task of evaluating two different external portfolio managers (Y and Z). You consider the following historical average return standard deviation, and CAPM beta estimates for these two managers over the past five years: Additionally, your estimate for the risk premium for the market portfolio is 5.00% and the risk-free rate is currently 4.50% c) Explain whether you can conclude from the info. In Part b if: (1) either manager outperformed the other on a risk-adjusted basis, and (2) either manager outperformed market expectations in general Portfolio Actual Avg.Return Standard Deviation Beta Manager Y 10.20% 12.00% 1.2 Manager Z 8.80% 9.90% 0.8

PART A,B and C are completed. need help in D and E. TIA Unique vs. Market Risk. The figure below shows plots of monthly rates of return on three stocks versus the stock market index. The beta and standard deviation of each stock is given besides its plot. A. Which stock is riskiest to a diversified investor? B. Which stock is riskiest to an undiversified investor who puts all her funds in one of these stocks? C. Consider a portfolio with equal investments in each stock. What would this portfolio’s beta have been? D. Consider a well-diversified portfolio made up of stocks with the same beta as Exxon. What are the beta and standard deviation of this portfolio’s return? The standard deviation of the market portfolio’s return is 20 percent. E. What is the expected rate of return on each stock? Use the capital asset pricing model with a market risk premium of 8 percent. The risk-free rate of interest is 4 percent.

(Expected rate of return and risk) Syntex, Inc. is considering an investment in one of two common stocks. Given the information that follows, which investment is better, based on the risk (as measured by the standard deviation) and return? Common Stock A Probability 0.20 0.60 0.20 Probability 0.15 0.35 0.35 0.15 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Common Stock B Return 13% 14% 18% Return - 6% 7% 15% 21% a. Given the information in the table, the expected rate of return for stock A is 14.6 %. (Round to two decimal places.) The standard deviation of stock A is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

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H. As a new analyst, you have obtained the prices for the stocks of both Lulu and Lemon. Both stocks did not paid any dividends during the entire period. (1) (II) (III) Your manager has asked you (i) to compute the rate of return and standard deviation of the two stocks and suggest that because these companies produce similar products, you should continue your analysis by (ii) computing their covariance and correlation. Show all calculations. Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Closing prices of LuLu Closing prices of Lemon 20.50 30.10 19.92 28.50 22.45 30.10 24.50 40.30 20.50 36.40 Compute the return and standard deviation of a portfolio with 60% investment in Lulu and 40% in Lemon. Would you recommend putting these two stocks together in a portfolio? Explain why or why not.

An analyst gathered the following information for a stock and market parameters: stock beta= 1.08; • expected return on the Market = 11.97%; • expected return on T-bills = 1.55%; • current stock Price = $9.01; • expected stock price in one year = $11.14; • expected dividend payment next year = $3.23. Calculate the expected return for this stock. Please share your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places.

I am considering investing in a portfolio of stocks. I have examined historical performance and gathered the following information for a set of six stocks I am considering (S1-stock1, S2-Stock 2....) Covariance matrix (joint risk) S1 S2 .005 S2 S3 S4 S5 S3 S4 S5 S6 .03 -.031 -.027 .01 .085 -.07 -.05 .02 -0.11 -0.02 .042 .05 -0.06 -0.02 Annual return S1 S2 S3 S4 Annual return 0.2 0.42 1.0 .5 S5 .46 S6 .3 Volatility 0.18 0.32 0.58 0.35 0.25 0.28 a) I am very risk averse, so I would like to determine how to construct a portfolio with very little risk. What percentage of my portfolio should be invested in each stock if I would like to keep the risk (variance of the portfolio) below .02? Create a spreadsheet model and solve. Write a sentence explaining how I should invest my money and what return I should expect to achieve. The sentence can be included on the Excel sheet that contains the solution. b) Now I would like to consider how much risk I would have to accept if I would like a return…

You are an analyst for a large public pension fund and you have been assigned the task of evaluating two different external portfolio managers (Y and Z). You consider the follow­ing historical average return, standard deviation, and CAPM beta estimates for these two managers over the past five years: Portfolio Actual Avg. Return Standard Deviation Beta Manager Y 10.20% 12.00% 1.20 Manager Z 8.80% 9.90% 0.80 Additionally, your estimate for the risk premium for the market portfolio is 5.00 percent and the risk-free rate is currently 4.50 percent.  a. For both Manager Y and Manager Z, calculate the expected return using the CAPM. Express your answers to the nearest basis point (xx.xx percent). b. Calculate each fund manager's average "alpha" (actual return minus expected return) over the five-year holding period. Show graphically where these alpha statistics would plot on the security market line (SML). c. Explain whether you can conclude from the…

Fund F has been investing in stocks and bonds. You are evaluating the performance of Fund F by comparing its performance with the performance of an appropriate benchmark portfolio B. The performance and weights of F and B over the last year are given in the table below: Asset Class Weight in F Weight in B 0.6 Stocks 0.5 Bonds 0.5 Attribute the performance of Fund F against benchmark portfolio B in the stock class. What is the attribution due to the asset allocation in the stock class? What is the attribution due to the security selection in the stock class? 0.4 Return from F O a. -0.005, -0.008 O b. 0.003; 0.004 O c. 0.012, 0.008 O d. 0.008; 0.012 10% Return from B 3% 8% 5%