Stock expected return beta

Assignment Help Financial Management
Reference no: EM13917878

Stock Expected Return (rs) Beta

A 14.90% 1.70

B 8.25% 0.75

C 11.40% 1.20

D 6.50% 0.50

a. What is the portfolio’s expected return?

b. What is the portfolio’s beta risk? Is it more or less risky than the market?

The investor is not comfortable with holding a portfolio that has a risk not equal to that of the market. She is thinking about purchasing stock E in order to change the risk of the portfolio.

c. What should the beta of Stock E be in order to make the portfolio have market risk? Assume all stocks have the same weight in the new portfolio.

d. According to the CAPM, what is E’s expected return if the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium (RPM) is 7%?

e. What will be the expected return of the portfolio with E included?

Reference no: EM13917878

Questions Cloud

Compare herzbergs two factor theory as applied to job design : Compare and contrast Herzberg's two factor theory as applied to job design, and the job characteristics model of job design.
Discuss the mergers and acquisitions that the ufc has made : Merger and acquisition strategies and how they relate to strategic competitiveness. Discuss the mergers and acquisitions that the UFC has made? How has these increased UFC's strategic competitiveness?
Starting elementary school intervention plans : Alexander Morris is a young boy ready to start the first grade at his local School. The first grade teacher is Mrs. Charles. Alexander is like other young boys in that he likes to play and he always seems happy. In this respect school will be n..
Recruiting and staffing training program : Imagine you have been selected to conduct a recruiting and staffing training program for a group of new human resource management (HRM) employees at a health care company. You need to prepare a proposal for the organization outlining your strategy..
Stock expected return beta : Stock Expected Return (rs) Beta. What is the portfolio’s expected return? What is the portfolio’s beta risk? Is it more or less risky than the market? The investor is not comfortable with holding a portfolio that has a risk not equal to that of the m..
Dividends and dividends payable : a) Prepare the entries, if any, on each of the three dividend dates. b) How are dividends and dividends payable reported in the ?nancial statements prepared at December 31?
The following accounts and corresponding balances : The following accounts and corresponding balances were drawn from Crimson Sports, Inc.'s 2014 and 2013 year end balance sheets:
Counts and returns the number of vowels : Write a recursive function rvowels() that accepts a character string and counts and returns the number of vowels (aeiou) in the string. This solution should not include any loops. A global variable for the counter is acceptable. (Hint: one possibl..
First and second partial derivatives : Suppose that f(x; y) is a function of two variables with continuous first and second partial derivatives whose quadratic approximation about the point (2; 1) is Q(x; y) = 4 8(y  1)  (x  2)2 + 8(x  2)(y  1):

Reviews

Write a Review

Financial Management Questions & Answers

  System requires an initial investment in net working capital

Kolby’s Korndogs is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $538,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project’s four-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $114,000. The sa..

  Intensive care urology practice not-for-profit business

Intensive Care Urology Practice (ICUP), a not-for-profit business, had revenues in 2015 of $144,000. Expenses other than depreciation were 75% of revenues and Depreciation was $15,000. Construct ICUP’s Income Statement. What was ICUP’s Cash Flow for ..

  Method of depreciation for all assets

What factors may contribute to the decline in usefulness of operating assets? Should the choice of depreciation method be related to these factors? Must a company choose just one method of depreciation for all assets? Explain

  Traditional brick and mortar retailers are converging

Pure play Ecommerce sites will continue to outpace traditional stores and diverge not converge with brick and mortar. Many well respected individuals believe that Ecommerce and traditional brick and mortar retailers are converging. Discuss and ask qu..

  What is the implied variable cost rate for scanner

Seattle Grace Hospital plans to invest in a new piece of CT imaging equipment. The hospital estimates that it can bill $1,500 per scan. Preliminary market assessments indicate that demand will be fewer than 5,000 scans per year. What is the implied v..

  What is the IRR of this project

XYZ wants to buy a new production machine for $20,000. Projected cash flows (already adjusted) from this investment will be 5,000; 4,000; 6,000; 6,000, and 6,000. The residual value of the machine is 500$, and t he company will receive the IRS ITC fo..

  The dividend should grow rapidly

Microtech Corporation is expanding rapidly and currently needs to retain all of its earnings; hence, it does not pay dividends. However, investors expect Microtech to begin paying dividends, beginning with a dividend of $1.25 coming 3 years from toda..

  Simple interest on its savings account balances

First City Bank pays 8 percent simple interest on its savings account balances, whereas Second City Bank pays 8 percent interest compounded annually. If you made a deposit of $8,500 in each bank, how much more money would you earn from your Second Ci..

  Kind of strategy-recommend product standardization

What kind of strategy would you recommend for Xiaomi’s international expansion? Would you recommend product standardization or localization?

  Bond value and time

Bond value and time: Constant required returns Pecos Manufacturing has just issued a 15-year, 12% coupon interest rate, $1,000-par bond that pays interest annually. The required return is currently 14%, and the company is certain it will remain at 14..

  Elizabeth is offered to buy a financial security

Elizabeth is offered to buy a financial security that guarantees to pay her $10 every 2 years forever. The annual interest rate is 8%. How much would she pay for it today if the first payment will be received today? How much would she pay for it toda..

  Total deductions from the scholarship and work-study wages

You have just been notified by the student aid and scholarships office that you would receive a regents' scholarship of $2,000 for the coming academic year. Furthermore, your application for a work-study program has also been accepted. You estimate t..

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd