Question 2: 10 marks Consider the information given in the Table 2A and complete Table 2B. From the completed Table 2B, use the information to grpahically present the Security Market Line (SML). Compute the slope of this line. Hints: i) ii) When 100% money is invested in asset X (portfolio weight 1), the beta of the portfolio is 0.85 Since the risk-free asset is, well, risk-free, its beta will be zero Table 2A Expected return for asset x (%) 13 Risk free rate (%) 5 Beta of asset X 0.85 Table 2B Proportion of portfolio in Asset X 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 Expected Portfolio portfolio beta return 2

Question 2: 10 marks Consider the information given in the Table 2A and complete Table 2B. From the completed Table 2B, use the information to grpahically present the Security Market Line (SML). Compute the slope of this line. Hints: i) ii) When 100% money is invested in asset X (portfolio weight 1), the beta of the portfolio is 0.85 Since the risk-free asset is, well, risk-free, its beta will be zero Table 2A Expected return for asset x (%) 13 Risk free rate (%) 5 Beta of asset X 0.85 Table 2B Proportion of portfolio in Asset X 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 Expected Portfolio portfolio beta return 2

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Chapter8: Analysis Of Risk And Return

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