Given the following information, what is the expected return on a portfolio that is invested 30 percent in both Stocks A and C, and 40 percent in Stock B? State of Probability of Rate of Return If State Occurs Economy State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Вoom .05 7.8% 23.6% 18.4% Normal .85 9.1% 15.4% 13.7% Recession .10 11.8% -12.3% 6.4%

Given the following information, what is the expected return on a portfolio that is invested 30 percent in both Stocks A and C, and 40 percent in Stock B? State of Probability of Rate of Return If State Occurs Economy State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Вoom .05 7.8% 23.6% 18.4% Normal .85 9.1% 15.4% 13.7% Recession .10 11.8% -12.3% 6.4%

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Listed below is the return probability distribution associated with the stocks of XYZ Company and the market portfolio under different states of the economy: State Recession Normal Boom 0.00452 O 0.00552 0.00652 Probability O 0.00752 0.4 0.3 0.3 XYZ Return What is the covariance between XYZ return and Market return? -3% 14% 20% Market Return 2% 8% 16%
Current Attempt in Progress To achieve a zero standard deviation for a portfolio, calculate the weights of stock A and stock B, assuming the correlation coefficient is-1. Use the following information. (Round intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 31.21%.) State of the economy Probability of Expected return on Expected return on occurrence stock A in this state stock B in this state High growth 30% 41.5% 56.5% Moderate growth 25% 21.5% 26.5% Recession 45% -11.5% -21.5% Weight of stock A % Weight of stock B %
Consider the following information: Rate of Return if State Occurs State of Probability of State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Economy Boom 0.15 0.32 0.42 0.33 Good 0.45 0.19 0.13 0.12 Poor 0.30 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 Bust 0.10 - 0.16 -0.28 0.09 a. Your portfolio is invested 30 percent each in A and C, and 40 percent in B. What is the expected return of the portfolio? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Expected return % b-1What is the variance of this portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16161)) Variance b-2What is the standard deviation? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Standard deviation %
4. Consider the following information. Your portfolio is invested 30 percent each in A and C, and 40 percent in B. What is the expected return and standard deviation of this portfolio? (10 marks) State of Probability of Rate of Return if State Occurs Economy State of Economy Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom 0.15 0.30 0.45 0.33 Good 0.45 0.12 0.10 0.15 Poor 0.35 0.01 -0.15 -0.05 Bust 0.05 -0.06 -0.30 -0.09
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Consider the following information: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Boom Bust .72 .28 a. Expected return b. Variance of portfolio Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B .04 .25 13.73 % .10 .19 a. What is the expected return on an equally weighted portfolio of these three stocks? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What is the variance of a portfolio invested 27 percent each in A and B and 46 percent in C? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161. Stock C .30 -.10
11.2. Below are the expected returns from both stocks based on the probability of economic conditions. It is desired to create a portfolio from two stocks. It is decided to invest 30% in stock A and 70% in stock B. Stock A State (i) p(i) E(R) Recession 0.50 -40% Neutral 0.40 15% Boom 0.10 30% 1.00 Stock B State (i) p(i) E(R) Recession 0.5 40% Neutral 0.40 15% Вoom 0.1 -20% 1.00 d- Find the expected return and standard deviation of this portfolio? e- If you were a portfolio manager, what type of investors do you recommend this portfolio and why? f- Explain why the beta of the market is always equal to 1 and beta of a treasury bill equal to 0.
Consider the following data State of Nature Prob. Stock A Return Boom 0.3 16.00% Normal 0.6 14.20% Recession 0.1 8.00% What is the expected return for Stock A? Group of answer choices 14.12% 12.14% 15.12% 14.00%
Consider the following expected returns, volatilities, and correlations: Stock Duke Energy Microsoft Wal-Mart Expected Standard Correlation with Correlation with Correlation with Return Duke Energy Deviation 14% 6% 44% 24% 23% 14% 1.0 -1.0 0.0 Microsoft -1.0 1.0 0.7 Wal-Mart 0.0 0.7 1.0 a) Consider a portfolio consisting of only Duke Energy and Microsoft. What is the percentage of your investment (portfolio weight) that you would place in Duke Energy stock to achieve a risk-free investment. b) What are the expected return and volatility of a portfolio that consists of a long position of $10,000 in Wal-Mart and a short position of $2000 in Microsoft? c) What are the expected return and platility of a portfolio that has $3000 invested in Duke Energy, $4000 invested in Microsoft, and $3000 invested in Walmart stock?
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What are the expected returns for stock A and stock B? State Probability Return on A Return on B Boom .60 0.35 0.10 Bust .40 0.05 0.25 a. 15.50%, 10.83% b. 26.00%, 14.50% c. 23.00%, 16.00% d. 21.50%, 16.75%
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