Consider the following information about the various states of the economy and the returns of various investment alternatives for each scenario. Answer the questions that follow. Question 1 Fill in the parts in the above table that are empty.   Using the data generated in the previous question (Question 1); Plot the  Security  Market Line  (SML)                                                    2. Superimpose   the  CAPM’s required  return  on the SML     % Return on T-Bills, Stocks, and Market Index State of the Economy Probability T- Bills Phillips Pay- up Rubber- made Market Index Recession 0.2 7 -22 28 10 -13 Below Average 0.1 7 -2 14.7 -10 1 Average 0.3 7 20 0 7 15 Above Average 0.3 7 35 -10 45 29 Boom 0.1 7 50 -20 30 43 Mean             Standard Deviation           Coefficient of Variation           Covariance with MP             Correlation with Market Index           Beta           CAPM Req. Return           Valuation    (Overvalued/Undervalued/Fairly Valued)           Nature of stock (Aggressive/Defensive)

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Consider the following information about the various states of the economy and the returns of various investment alternatives for each scenario. Answer the questions that follow.

Question 1

Fill in the parts in the above table that are empty.  

Using the data generated in the previous question (Question 1);

  1. Plot the  Security  Market Line  (SML)                                                   

2. Superimpose   the  CAPM’s required  return  on the SML

 

 

% Return on T-Bills, Stocks, and Market Index

State of the Economy

Probability

T-

Bills

Phillips

Pay- up

Rubber- made

Market Index

Recession

0.2

7

-22

28

10

-13

Below Average

0.1

7

-2

14.7

-10

1

Average

0.3

7

20

0

7

15

Above Average

0.3

7

35

-10

45

29

Boom

0.1

7

50

-20

30

43

Mean

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Deviation

 

 

 

 

 

Coefficient of Variation

 

 

 

 

 

Covariance with MP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correlation with Market Index

 

 

 

 

 

Beta

 

 

 

 

 

CAPM Req. Return

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation    (Overvalued/Undervalued/Fairly

Valued)

 

 

 

 

 

Nature of stock (Aggressive/Defensive)

 

 

 

 

 

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From the information generated in the previous two questions;

  1. Identify two investment alternatives that can be combined in a Assume  a 50- 50 investment   allocation  in  each investment  alternative                                                                                                          
  2. Compute the  expected  return  of the  portfolio thus  formed                       
  3. Compute the portfolio’s Is the portfolio   aggressive or defensive?   

 

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  1. Indicate which  investments   will   plot  on, above and below the SML?  
  2. If an investment’s expected return (mean return)  does not  plot  on the  SML, what does it  show?  Identify  undervalued/overvalued  investments   from the graph.                                                                           

 

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