Risk and Return: 1. Chapter 11 (Textbook) : 7, 13, 14, 24

RISK AND RETURN
1. Chapter 11 (Textbook): 7, 13, 14, 24,
2. . You intend to make an investment in one stock and have the following stocks to choose from:
Stock Expected Standard
Return Deviation
A 20% p.a. 10% p.a. Since every person’s preferred
B 30% p.a. 50% p.a. investment will differ, depending on their
C 15% p.a. 12% p.a. level of risk aversion, we cannot say for
D 20% p.a. 15% p.a. certain which stock you will choose. The
E 35% p.a. 40% p.a. risk-return characteristics of some stocks,
F 25% p.a. 15% p.a. however, clearly dominates others. Begin
by plotting each stock on a graph with risk (standard deviation) on the horizontal axis and expected
return on vertical axis. Just plot a single point for each stock.
a. If you had to choose just between stocks A and D, which dominates? Explain.
b. If you had to choose just between stocks D and E, which dominates? Explain.
c. If you had to choose just between stocks B and E, which dominates? Explain.
d. If you had to choose just between stocks A and C, which dominates? Explain.
e. If you had to choose just between stocks A and F, which dominates? How about E and F? how
about C and D? Explain.
3. . Assume the following data:

 The market risk premium is 7% p.a.
 The risk-free rate is 6% p.a.
Your task is to determine a discount rate appropriate for a single company, BHP. If the variance
of BHP’s return is 0.30 and its beta is 1.20, what is the expected return of BHP?
4. In a small economy, the market portfolio comprises shares in only three companies: D, E and F.
Details are set out in the table below.
Company Shares Price per Expected

name issued share Return
D 1,000,000 $2.00 8%
E 500,000 $8.00 10%
F 1,600,000 $2.50 21%
There is also a risk-free asset that offers a return of 4%.

a. Calculate the expected return on the market portfolio.
b. Assume that the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) applies in this market; calculate the beta
of company E.
5. Sorbond Industries has a beta of 1.45. The risk-free rate is 8 percent and the expected return on
the market portfolio is 13 percent. The company currently pays a dividend of $2 a share, and
investors expect it to experience a growth in dividends of 10 percent per annum for many years
to come.
a. What is the stock’s required rate of return according to the CAPM?
b. What is the stock’s present market price per share, assuming this required return?
c. What would happen to the required return and to market price per share if the beta were
0.80? (Assume that all else stays the same.)
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6. . You want to create a portfolio that is equally risky to the market, and you have $1,000,000 to
invest. Given this information, find the values of (a), (b) and (c) in the following table. Present
your detailed calculations.
Asset Investme Beta

nt
Stock A $210,000 0.85
Stock B $320,000 1.20
Stock C (a) 1.35
Risk-free (b) (c)
asset
7. Consider the following information about Stocks I and II

State of Economy Probability of Rate of Return if
State of Economy State occurs
Stock I Stock II
Recession 0.25 0.11 -0.40
Normal 0.50 0.29 0.10
Boom 0.25 0.13 0.56
The market risk premium is 8 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. Which stock has the
most systematic risk? Which one has the most unsystematic risk? Which stock is “riskier”?
Explain.
8. Suppose Intel stock has a beta of 1.6, whereas Boeing stock has a beta of 1. If the risk-free rate is
4% and the expected return of the market portfolio is 10%, according to the CAPM:
a. What is the expected return of Intel stock?
b. What is the expected return of Boeing stock?
c. What is the beta of a portfolio that consists of 60% Intel stock and 40% Boeing stock?
d. What is the expected return of a portfolio that consists of 60% Intel stock and 40% Boeing
stock?
9. Suppose you observe the following situation:

Security Beta Expected
Return
Pete Corp. 1.35 0.132
Repete Co. 0.80 0.101
Assume these securities are correctly priced. Based on the CAPM, what is the expected return on
the market? What is the risk-free rate?
10. You have recently become very interested in real estate. To gain some experience as a real estate
investor, you have decided to get together with nine of your friends to buy three small cottages
near campus. If you and your friends pool your money, you will have just enough to buy the
three properties. Since each investment requires the same amount of money and you will have a
10 percent interest in each, you will effectively have one-third of your portfolio invested in each
cottage. While the cottages cost the same, they are different distances from campus and in
different neighborhoods. You believe that this causes them to have different levels of systematic
risk, and you estimate that the betas for the individual cottages are 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5. If the risk-
free rate is 4 percent and the market risk premium is 6 percent, what will be the expected return
on your real estate portfolio after you make all three investments?
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11. You have become concerned that you have too much of your money invested in your pizza
restaurant and have decided to diversify your personal portfolio. Right now the pizza restaurant
is your only investment. To diversify, you plan to sell 45 percent of your restaurant and invest the
proceeds from the sale, in equal proportions, into a stock and a bond. Over the next year, you
expect to earn a return of 15 percent on your remaining investment in the pizza restaurant, 12
percent on your investment in the stock, and 8 percent on your investment in the bond. What
return will you expect from your diversified portfolio over the next year?
12. You have $100,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X, Stock Y, and a risk-free asset. You
must invest all of your money. Your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of
16.8% and that has only 80% of the risk of the overall market. If X has an expected return of 31%
and a beta of 1.8, Y has an expected return of 20% and a beta of 1.3, and the risk-free rate is 7%,
how much money will you invest in Stock X?

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RISK AND RETURN

1. Chapter 11 (Textbook): 7, 13, 14, 24,

3. . Assume the following data:

Company Shares Price per Expected

There is also a risk-free asset that offers a return of 4%.

Asset Investme Beta

7. Consider the following information about Stocks I and II

9. Suppose you observe the following situation:

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