Reference no: EM131376711
1 Please Answer The Following Four Questions
1. Calculate the return for each of these investments (capital gain/loss plus dividend). a)My portfolio ends the year with a value of $12.72 million after paying dividends at the end of the year tothe value of $255,000. The value of the fund at the beginning of the year was $12.13 million.
b) At the same time the All Ordinaries Index ended the year at 5695 after starting at 5226.
c) A share in BHP was selling for $23.45 at the beginning of the year and selling for $27.42 at the endof the year after paying a dividend of $1.13.
2. A perpetuity with the first annual cash flow paid at the beginning of year 4 is equivalent to receiving$100,000 in 15 years' time. Assume that the perpetuity and the lump sum are of equivalent risk and that j2= 11% pa is the appropriate interest rate. How much is the annual cash flow associated with theperpetuity?
(Accurate to the nearest dollar)
3. Discus the implications of the empirical evidence on market efficiency for
(a) technical analysis
(b) fundamental analysis
4.The standard deviations of returns on assets A and B are 12 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively. Aportfolio is constructed consisting of 30 per cent in Asset A and 70 per cent in Asset B. Calculate theportfolio standard deviation if the correlation of returns between the two assets is:
1. 1
2. 0.5
3. 0
4. -1
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