2. information In Simpleland, there are only two risky assets in the market, A and B. The and CAPM estimates of A and B are shown in the following table:

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In Simpleland, there are only two risky assets in the market, A and B. The
information and CAPM estimates of A and B are shown in the following table:
A
100 Million
0.09
Market Capitalisation ($)
|Variance (o²)
Covariance between A and B
Expected Return on Market
Risk free rate
400 Million
0.01
0.2
20%
10%
The manager believes that in the near future, B will outperform A by 5% with uncertainty
measured in variance 0.0005. He has also assigned the error of estimating the above
CAPM model in terms of variance to be 0.01, i.e. T = 0.01.
a) What is the expected return of A and B under CAPM?
2.
Transcribed Image Text:In Simpleland, there are only two risky assets in the market, A and B. The information and CAPM estimates of A and B are shown in the following table: A 100 Million 0.09 Market Capitalisation ($) |Variance (o²) Covariance between A and B Expected Return on Market Risk free rate 400 Million 0.01 0.2 20% 10% The manager believes that in the near future, B will outperform A by 5% with uncertainty measured in variance 0.0005. He has also assigned the error of estimating the above CAPM model in terms of variance to be 0.01, i.e. T = 0.01. a) What is the expected return of A and B under CAPM? 2.
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