Benefits of diversification. Sally Rogers has decided to invest her wealth equally across the following three assets: What are her expected returns and the risk from her investment in the three assets? How do they compare with investing in asset M alone? Hint: Find the standard deviations of asset M and of the portfolio equally invested in as M, N, and O. Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) States Probability 25% Boom Asset M Return 12% 10% Normal Recession 4% 49% 26% Asset N Return 21% 14% 1% Asset O Return 4% 10% 12% - X

Benefits of diversification. Sally Rogers has decided to invest her wealth equally across the following three assets: What are her expected returns and the risk from her investment in the three assets? How do they compare with investing in asset M alone? Hint: Find the standard deviations of asset M and of the portfolio equally invested in as M, N, and O. Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) States Probability 25% Boom Asset M Return 12% 10% Normal Recession 4% 49% 26% Asset N Return 21% 14% 1% Asset O Return 4% 10% 12% - X

Essentials Of Investments

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Required: a. Calculate the standard deviation of returns of each service provider. b. Which service provider would you recommend for Mr. Lutombi to invest in? c. Assuming Mr. Lutombi invests 40% of his money in MTC and the rest in Telecom, what is Mr. Lutombi portfolio return?
You are a consultant to a firm evaluating an expansion of its current business. The cash-flow forecasts (in millions of dollars) for the project are as follows: Years Cash Flow 0 – 100 1-10 + 17 On the basis of the behavior of the firm’s stock, you believe that the beta of the firm is 1.44. Assuming that the rate of return available on risk-free investments is 5% and that the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 11%, what is the net present value of the project?
State the return rate (in %) for your optimal portfolio.
Please show all work and formulas in excel please! The Table for the problem is attached. Table below shows the historical returns for Companies A, B and C If one investor has a portfolio consisting of 50% Company A and 50% Company B, what are the average portfolio return and standard deviation? What is Sharpe ratio if the risk-free rate is 3.8%? If another investor has a portfolio consisting of 1/3 Company A, 1/3 Company B and 1/3 Company C, what are the average portfolio return and standard deviation? What is Sharpe ratio if the risk-free rate is 3.8% What would happen to the portfolio risk if more and more randomly selected stocks were added?
Assume you are advising an investor from Oman, who is interested in investing his money locally or internationally. As a portfolio manager you are advising your client the following asset allocation : 1. Fixed Income and Bonds 50% and 2. Equities 50% Mention ways in which you can invest in each asset class, and explain the investment you selected in brief ( in two lines) (example: in the bond asset class, debentures is one type of investment) For each asset class three types of investments and their related explanation is required.
An investor has $1000 initial wealth for investment and he borrows another $500 at the risk free rate. He then invest the entire total amount of $1500 in the market portfolio. What is his portfolio beta? +2.0 1.0 + 1.50
Subject name: Principles of Insurance and Risk Management, Answer it fast please.
If Justine Bieber have P1,000,000 and he needs to create an investment portfolio, what are the assets that he might to considerate or intend to invest upon? Have an estimate proportion. Why Justine Bieber choosing those assets? Explain briefly and intelligently.
Investors can allocate their wealth between (i) the risk-free asset, and (ii) one of the three risky assets as shown below. For example, 20% in risk-free and 80% in A, or 30% in risk-free and 70% in B, or 40% in risk- free and 60% in C, and so on. Risky Asset E(r) A B Stdev 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% The risk-free rate is 5%. If investors target an expected annual return of 30%, what is the lowest stdev that can be achieved among all the possible allocations? Show your answer in % and round to two decimals (e.g. xx.xx%).
An investor has $1000 initial wealth for investment and he borrows another $500 at the risk free rate. He then invest the entire total amount of $1500 in the market portfolio. What is his portfolio beta?
Asset A B C Cost $35,000 $36,000 $39,000 $10,000 Beta at purchase 0.79 0.96 1.49 1.32 Yearly income $1,600 $1,500 SO $250 Value today $35,000 $37,000 $45,500 $10,500
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