What was the holding period return for the stock

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1.    A stock has had returns of 16.12%, 22.11%, -25.00%, 26.14%, and 16.00% over the past five years. What was the holding period return for the stock?

a.    55.61%

b.    155.61%

c.    50.67%

 2.    You are constructing a two stock portfolio based on the information provided below. What dollar amount will you invest in each stock to achieve the desired return goal?

 

 Stock X 

 Stock Y 

 Expected Return 

 14.0%

 9.0% 

 

Goal Return of Portfolio:    12.90%

Dollar Amount to Invest:    $10,000

 a.       X = $7,800; Y = $2,200

b.      X = $2,200; Y = $7,800

c.       X = $6,800; Y = $3,200

 3.    Your stock portfolio contains 4 stocks with the following betas and weight as a percentage of your portfolio.  What is the portfolio beta?

 

 Weight 

 Beta

Stock     A 

 30 pct.. 

 1.80

Stock     B

 35 pct.. 

 1.50

Stock     C

 15 pct. 

 1.38

Stock     D

 20 pct.

 0.80

 a.       1.43

b.      1.37

c.       1.40 

4.    Based on the following information determine the covariance and correlation between the returns of the two stocks.

 State of Economy

 Probability of State of Economy 

 Return of X

 Return of Y

 Bear

0.10   

 -0.03

 0.05

 Normal

0.65 

 0.11 

 0.062

 Bull 

0.25 

 0.25 

 0.092

 

a.       Cov = 0.001086, Corr=0.9589

b.      Cov = 0.001086, Corr=0.00019

 

c.       Cov= 0.001092, Corr=0.9327

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