Question Assume that after completion of your MBA you have started working as a financial planner at Askari Capital Limited. In a second week of Job you have got assignment to invest Rupees 100,000 for a client. Because the funds are to be invested in a business at the end of 1 year, you have been instructed to plan for a 1-year holding

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Assume that after completion of your MBA you have started working as a financial planner at Askari Capital Limited. In a second week of Job you have got assignment to invest Rupees 100,000 for a client. Because the funds are to be invested in a business at the end of 1 year, you have been instructed to plan for a 1-year holding period. Moreover, your manager has restricted you to the investment alternatives in the following table, shown with their probabilities and associated outcomes. (For now, disregard the items at the bottom of the data; you will fill in the blanks later.

 

Estimated rate of returns

State of the

Probability

T-Bills

Nescom

Nawab

PK_Steel

       Pak Market portfolio

 

Recession

0.1

3%

-14.25

12.25

1.75

-9.75

 

Below average

0.2

3%

-4.75

5.25

-8.25

-2.75

 

 Average

0.4

3%

6.25

-0.5

0.25

3.75

 

Above average

0.2

3%

13.75

-2.5

19.25

11.25

 

Boom

0.1

3%

21.25

-10

11.75

17.75

 

Expectred Returns

             

St. Deviation

 

0%

         

CV

             

Beta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Askari Capital staff has estimated the probability values for the state of the economy, and also estimated the corresponding rate of return on each alternative under each state of the economy. Nescom. is technology firm, Nawab collects past-due debts, and PK_Steel manufactures steel products. Askari capital also maintains a “market portfolio” that owns a market-weighted fraction of all publicly traded stocks on Pakistan exchange market; you can invest in that portfolio and thus obtain average stock market results. Given the situation described, answer the following questions:

  1. Why is the T-bill’s return independent of the state of the economy? Do T-bills promise a completely risk-free return? Explain?
  2. Why are Nescom returns expected to move with the economy, whereas Nawab’s are expected to move counter to the economy?
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