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Author: BREALEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 11PS
Measuring risk* The following table shows estimates of the risk of two well-known Canadian stocks:
- a. What proportion of each stock’s risk was market risk, and what proportion was specific risk?
- b. What is the variance of the returns for Sun Life Financial stock? What is the specific variance?
- c. What is the confidence interval on Loblaw’s beta? (See page 234 for a definition of “confidence interval.”)
- d. If the
CAPM is correct, what is the expected return on Sun Life? Assume a risk-free interest rate of 5% and an expected market return of 12%. - e. Suppose that next year, the market provides a 20% return. Knowing this, what return would you expect from Sun Life?
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