Calculate the 95% confidence intervals for the four different investments included in the following table. The 95% confidence intervals for each of these investments, individually, is between % and % Average Return (%) Standard Deviation of Returns (%) S&P TSX Composite Index 11.81 15.99 S&P 500 Index in CAD 8.81 17.48 Long-Term Gov't of Canada Bonds 8.31 11.42 Canadian Treasury Bills 5.83 3.66

Calculate the 95% confidence intervals for the four different investments included in the following table. The 95% confidence intervals for each of these investments, individually, is between % and % Average Return (%) Standard Deviation of Returns (%) S&P TSX Composite Index 11.81 15.99 S&P 500 Index in CAD 8.81 17.48 Long-Term Gov't of Canada Bonds 8.31 11.42 Canadian Treasury Bills 5.83 3.66

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You are provided with information regarding the benchmark portfolio and the Alpha managed portfolio as follows: Benchmark Weightings are 50%; 30% and 20% for equity; bonds and cash respectively. Returns are 16%; 9% and 4% for equity; bonds and cash respectively. Alpha managed portfolio Weightings are 70%; 20% and 10% for equity; bonds and cash respectively. Returns are 19%; 11% and 6% for equity; bonds and cash respectively. Determine the performance attributed to asset allocation of the portfolio manager.
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Review the excerpted table of historic returns shown below. The returns have all been annualized after having calculated monthly returns for the previous five years. In addition, information is provided about the average, the volatility, and the sensitivity of the possible investments. Time Period # Market Return Firm W Firm X Firm Y Firm Z T-Bill 1 0.333 0.191 0.218 0.955 0.601 0.035 2 -0.144 -0.423 -0.632 -0.747 -0.472 0.039 3 0.143 0.348 0.470 0.379 0.378 0.040 4 0.316 0.871 0.868 -0.192 0.502 0.036 5 0.178 0.912 0.499 0.694 0.364 0.036 6 -0.014 0.532 0.168 -0.671 -0.064 0.038 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 59 0.374 0.556 1.014 0.023 0.698 0.037 60 0.173 0.547 0.092 0.658 0.222 0.036 Average Return 0.082 0.113 0.067 0.167 0.121 0.029 Standard…
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Average % (-AVERAGE) SD (%) (-STDEVP) SD (%) (-STDEV.S) PSB 2017 2018 Covariance average product of deviations COVAR Correlation = Cov/(SDs * SDb) CORREL (=CORREL) Rates of Return Stock Fund (%) Bond Fund (%) 30.17 5.08 32.97 7.52 21.04 -8.82 -8.10 5.27 -12.89 12.20 -28.53 -7.79 22.49 6.38 12.58 12.40 14.81 17.29 15.50 0.51 Cov(rs,B) OS XOB Slope (Beta) Deviation from Average Returns Stock Fund Bond Fund Product of Deviations Squared Deviation Stock Fund Bond Fund Variance (n) Formula Calculations. Variance (n-1) Formula Calculations
Example 9: What is the portfolio standard deviation for a two-asset portfolio comprised of the following two assets if the correlation of their returns is 0.5? Asset A Asset B Expected return Stańdard deviation of expected returns 10% 20% 5% 20% Amount invested 740,000 760,000
D4) Finance Consider a portfolio composed of shares AAA and BBB as shown in the following table. At 95% confidence level, select the correct statement AAA BBB Value 2,470,000 785,750 % investment 76% 24% Volatilities 2.32 % 2.69 % Correlation for both assets 0.65 Portfolio Value for both assets 3,255,750 a) The Component VaR of the Asset AAA is 92,223 and the component VaR of the Asset BBB is 27955.69 b) The contribution to the VaR of the Asset AAA is 77% and the one of the Asset 2 is 23% c) Both answers are correct
Consider the following table for different assets for 1926 through 2020. Standard Deviation 19.7% Series Large-company stocks Small-company stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds Intermediate-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation Average return 12.2% 16.2 6.5 6.1 5.3 3.3 2.9 Expected range of returns Expected range of returns a. What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for large-company stocks? Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers from lowest to highest. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What about 95 percent of the time? 31.3 8.5 9.8 Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers from lowest to highest. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. % to % to 5.6 3.1 4.0 % %
Assume that the expected return and standard deviation of the company stock will be 17 percent, respectively. How appropriate is the sharpe ratio for these assets? When would you use the sharpe ratio?
Two common stocks, Consolidated Edison and Apple, have the following expected return and standard deviation of return over the next year: Common stock Expected rate of return Standard deviation Consolidated Edison 12% 6% Apple 20% 15% Additionally, assume that the correlation coefficient of returns on the two securities is +0.50. For a portfolio consisting of 75 percent of the funds invested in Consolidated Edison and the remainder in Apple, determine the following: 41-45) Expected rate of return on the portfolio 46-50) Standard deviation of the rate of return
Review the following market information: Current Stock Market Return 11.25% Current T-Bill Price $979.43 Historic T-Bill Average Return 2.80% Historic Stock Market Average Return 8.10% Stock Beta 1.23 What is the required return (rounded to two places)?
onsider 123 Fund (which is invested in 35% High risk stock and 65% normal bonds). Assume you have the following historical data of annual returns: Return S.D. Normal Stock 8% 20% Risky Bonds 10% 35% High Risk Stock 14% 40% Normal Bonds 6% 10% Assume High Risk Stocks and Normal Bonds have correlation coefficient of 0.24 Find the standard deviation of 123. Please use 5 decimal places in your response. Note: The right answer is 0.1679 Please explain step by step

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