Problem 4-10 The composition of the Fingroup Fund portfolio is as follows: Stock A B с D Shares 200,000 272,000 414,000 540,000 Price $39 50 34 35 During the year the portfolio manager sells all of the holdings of stock D and replaces it with 200,000 shares of stock E at $55 per share and 197,500 shares of stock F at $40 per share.

Problem 4-10 The composition of the Fingroup Fund portfolio is as follows: Stock A B с D Shares 200,000 272,000 414,000 540,000 Price $39 50 34 35 During the year the portfolio manager sells all of the holdings of stock D and replaces it with 200,000 shares of stock E at $55 per share and 197,500 shares of stock F at $40 per share.

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Problem 7-8 A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 4%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Expected Return 23% 14 Standard Deviation The correlation between the fund returns is 0.12. Sharpe ratio 29% 17 What is the Sharpe ratio of the best feasible CAL? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a decimal rounded to 4 places.) Check my work
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INV 1 6f You have decided to invest in three mutual funds: one in equities, one in long corporate and government bonds, and a money market fund invested in T-bills yielding 5%. Your estimate of the relevant parameters for the equities and bond funds are as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation Equities .15 .30 Bonds .06 .09 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.12. Compare the portfolios in #4 and #5. Is this consistent with what you would expect when adding the T-bill money market fund as essentially the risk-free asset?
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Problem 6-6 (Algo) Consider the following table: Scenario Probability Stock Fund Rate of Return Bond Fund Rate of Return Severe recession 0.10 -44% -11% Mild recession 0.20 -24% 17% Normal growth 0.40 29% 10% Boom 0.30 34% -7% Required: a. Calculate the values of mean return and variance for the stock fund. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Mean return" value to 1 decimal place and "Variance" to 2 decimal places.) b. Calculate the value of the covariance between the stock and bond funds. (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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The composition of the Fingroup Fund portfolio is as follows: Stock ABCD Shares 370,000 470,000 570,000 770,000 Price $ 35 40 10 15 Required: If during the year the portfolio manager sells all of the holdings of stock D and replaces it with 210,000 shares of stock E at $40 per share and 210,000 shares of stock F at $15 per share, what is the portfolio turnover rate? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Turnover rate 29.92 %
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Problem 11-08 Shown below are the investment weights for the securities held in four different portfolios: three mutual funds and the benchmark index that each of those funds uses. % Security Investment Weight: Security Benchmark Index Fund X Fund Y Fund Z 1 9% 2 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 13% 38% 8% 15 0 10 7 15 8 5 0 10 20 8 12 0 10 9 26 10 13 25 10 10 0 8 0 10 8 a. Calculate the active share (AS) measure for Fund X, Fund Y, and Fund Z relative to the benchmark index. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place. Fund X: Fund Y: % % Fund Z: % b. Using active share calculations above, indicate which fund is the most likely to be considered: (1) a passive index fund, (ii) a closet (or enhanced) index fund, and (iii) an

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