You have been approached by Onua Do Ltd who wants to know how their portfolio is fairing.The Company has over the years spread their funds in this order: 30% stock in A, 50% stockin B and the rest in stock C.State of Economy Probability Stock AReturnStock BReturnStock CReturnBoom 0.10 24% 5% 14%Normal 0.70 11% 6% 9%Recession 0.20 -30% 7% -5%a). What is the standard deviation of their portfolio?,b). Explain the following and analyze how they affects trading decision(s) making andanalysis of investments:i) Snakebite effectii) House-money effectii) Endowment effectiv) Disposition effectv) Overconfidence

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Essentials Of Investments

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What is the expected return of a portfolio consisting of $6,000 stocks G and $4,000 stock H ? State of Probability of Returns if State Occurs Economy State of Economy Stock G (" Stock H ")/(11%) Boom 22% 14% 1% Normal 78% 7% 9% a. 7.2% b. 7.6% c. $7.9% d. 8.3% e. $8.9% 33. Joel Foster is the portfolio manager of the SF Fund, a $1 million hedge fund that contains the following stocks. The required rate of return on the market is 10% and the risk-free rate is 4%. What rate of return should investors expect (and require) on this fund? Stoo Amount bar(A) 270,000 B 330,000 1.4 bar(C) 400,000 0.7 $1,000,000 a. 8.756% b. 9.382% c. 9.921%
Use this info to answer question 10, please don't answer 8: Use the following information to answer questions 8-10. In a particular year, the Pontipines Fund earned a return of 1% by making the following investments in asset classes: The return on a bogey portfolio was 2%, calculated from the following information: The total abnormal return on the Pontipines Fund's managed portfolio was: A) - 1.80% B) -1.00% C) 0.80% D ) 1.00% 10) The contribution of selection within markets to the Pontipines Fund's total abnormal return was: A) -1.80% B ) -1.00% C) 0.80% D) 1.00%
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Martin Brown is a fixed-income portfolio manager who works with large institutional clients. Brown is meeting with Sarah Redi, a consultant to the Horizon Redi Pension Plan, to discuss the management of the fund's, approximately R100 million. Treasury bond portfolio. The current Treasury yield curve is given in the following table. Maturity (years) 1 12 3 4 YTM (%) 6.0 8.0 9.0 9.5 Assume that the liquidity premiums for the one-year, two-year and three-year maturities (one year from now) are 1% 2.33% and 4%, respectively, determine the expected spot rates in one years time for the one, two, and three year maturing bonds.
You plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks: Stock A B C D E Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 4%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic: Investment $160 million 120 million 80 million 80 million 60 million Probability 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 a. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.) Stock's Beta Coefficient 0.4 1.0 1.8 1.0 1.3 -Select- ◆ Market Return I. r₁ = 3.8% + (10.1%) bi II. r = 4.0% + (9.6%)bi III. r₁ = 5.9% + (9.3%)bi IV. r₁ = 5.9% + (9.6%)bi V. r₁ = 4.0% + (9.3%)bi -24% 0 11 30 53 b. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % c. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a…
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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 information and then calculate the required rate of return for the Universal Investment Fund, which holds 4 stocks. The market's required rate of return is 13.25%, the risk-free rate is 7.00%, and the Fund's assets are as follows: Stock Investment Beta A $200,000 1.5 B $300,000 -0.5 C $500,000 1.25 D $1,000,000 0.75
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A portfolio manager is holding the following investments: Stock Amount Invested Beta 10 million 1.4 Y 20 million 1.0 Z 40 million 0.8 The manager plans to sell his holdings of Stock Y. The money from the sale will be used to purchase another $15 million of Stock X and another $5 million of Stock Z. The risk-free rate is 5 percent and the market risk premium is 5.5 percent. How many percentage points higher will the required return on the portfolio be after he completes this transaction?
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