The following is part of the computer output from a regression of monthly returns on Waterworks stock against the S&P 500 index. Ahedge fund manager believes that Waterworks is underpriced, with an alpha of 2.1% over the coming month.Beta1.1R-square0.65a. Suppose you hold an equally weighted portfolio of 100 stocks with the same alpha, beta, and residual standard deviation asWaterworks. Assume the residual returns on each of these stocks are independent of each other. What is the residual standarddeviation of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)Residual standard deviationStandard Deviationof Residuals0.13 (1.e., 13% monthly)Probability of a lossb. Calculate the probability of a loss on a market-neutral strategy involving equally weighted, market-hedged positions in the 100stocks over the next month. Assume the risk-free rate is 0.3% per month. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answeras percent rounded to 5 decimal places.)%%

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deviation of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) Residual standard deviation Probability of a loss % b. Calculate the probability of a loss on a market-neutral strategy involving equally weighted, market-hedged positions in the 100 stocks over the next month. Assume the risk-free rate is 0.3% per month. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as percent rounded to 5 decimal places.) % other. what is the residual standard

deviation of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) Residual standard deviation Probability of a loss % b. Calculate the probability of a loss on a market-neutral strategy involving equally weighted, market-hedged positions in the 100 stocks over the next month. Assume the risk-free rate is 0.3% per month. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as percent rounded to 5 decimal places.) % other. what is the residual standard

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Using the data in the following table, consider a portfolio that maintains a 60% weight on stock A and a 40% weight on stock B. a. What is the return each year of this portfolio? b. Based on your results from part (a), compute the average return and volatility of the portfolio. c. Show that (i) the average return of the portfolio is equal to the (weighted) average of the average returns of the two stocks, and (ii) the volatility of the portfolio equals the same result as from the calculation in Eq. 11.9. d. Explain why the portfolio has a lower volatility than the average volatility of the two stocks. a. What is the return each year of this portfolio? Enter the return of this portfolio for each year in the table below: (Round to two decimal places.) Year 2012 Portfolio % 2010 % 2011 % b. Based on your results from part (a), compute the average return and volatility of the portfolio. The average return of the portfolio is%. (Round to two decimal places.) 2013 % 2014 % 2015 % The…
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