Exam 12: Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line

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You own three stocks which have betas of 1.16, 1.34, and 1.02. You would like to add a fourth security such that your portfolio beta will match that of the market. Given this situation, the new security:

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Design Interior's stock has an expected return of 10% and a beta of 1.1. The market return is 9.5% and the risk-free rate is 2.0%. This stock is ________ because the CAPM return for the stock is ________%.

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Which one of the following is most commonly used as the measure of the overall market rate of return?

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Which one of the following is the best example of a risk associated with stock ownership?

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The common stock of Blasco Books has a standard deviation of 13.3% as compared to the market standard deviation of 11.3%. The covariance of this stock with the market is .0193. What is the beta of Blasco Books' stock?

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The following portfolio has an expected return of ________% and a beta of ________. Security \ Invested E(R) Beta \ 30,000 16.20\% 1.12 \ 24,000 10.50\% 1.38 \ 26.000 11.80\% 1.33

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Which one of the following terms is a measure of the tendency of two things to move or vary together?

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Which one of the following is the type of risk that only affects either a single firm or a small number of firms?

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Western Exports stock has a standard deviation of 15.6% and a covariance with the market of .0150. The market has a standard deviation of 13.7%. What is the correlation of this stock with the market?

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The following portfolio has an expected return of ________% and a beta of ________. Security \ Invested E(R) Beta A \ 40,000 9.00\% 1.05 B \ 34,000 10.50\% 1.33 C \ 26.000 11.80\% 1.22

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Which one of the following announcements is most apt to cause the price of a firm's stock to increase?

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A portfolio beta is computed as which one of the following?

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The risk-free rate is 2.1%, the market rate is 11.5%, and the expected return on a stock is 17.32%. What is the beta of the stock?

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What is the covariance of Security A to the market given the following information? Year R(a) R(m) 1 35 28 2 -30 -8 3 20 16

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Laura has one risk-free asset and one risky stock in her portfolio. The risk-free asset has an expected return of 3.2%. The risky asset has a beta of 1.3 and an expected return of 14.9%. What is the expected return on the portfolio if the portfolio beta is .975?

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A stock has an expected return of 15.10% and a beta of 1.30. What is the risk-free rate if the market rate is 13.1%?

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Which one of the following is the best example of systematic risk?

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Uptown Markets stock has a standard deviation of 16.8% and a covariance with the market of .02. The market has a standard deviation of 13.7%. What is the correlation of this stock with the market?

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Which one of the following has the highest expected risk premium?

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Which one of the following qualifies as diversifiable risk?

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