Exam 9: Characterizing Risk and Return

Portfolio Return Year to date, Company Y had earned a 7 percent return. During the same time period, Company R earned 9.25 percent and Company C earned -2.25 percent. If you have a portfolio made up of 35 percent Y, 40 percent R, and 25 percent C, what is your portfolio return?

Which of the following is correct?

FedEx Corp stock ended the previous year at $113.39 per share. It paid a $0.40 per share dividend last year. It ended last year at $126.69. If you owned 300 shares of FedEx, what was your dollar return and percent return?

Which of the following makes this a true statement: The shape of the efficient frontier implies that

Which of the following statements is correct regarding total risk?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Sally wants to invest in only two stocks. Which pair of stocks should Sally select?

Portfolio Return At the beginning of the month, you owned $8,000 of Company G, $8,000 of Company S, and $3,000 of Company N. The monthly returns for Company G, Company S, and Company N were 7.80 percent, 1.50 percent, and -0.75 percent. What is your portfolio return?

Which of the following is incorrect?

Investment Return TechNo stock was $25 per share at the end of last year. Since then, it paid a $1.50 per share dividend last year. The stock price is currently $23. If you owned 300 shares of TechNo, what was your percent return?

Which of the following are investor diversification problems?

If you own 400 shares of Xerox at $15.00, 500 shares of Qwest at $10.00, and 350 shares of Liz Claiborne at $45.00, what are the portfolio weights of each stock?

Which of the following statements is correct?

To find the percentage return of an investment,

What is the source of firm-specific risk? What is the source of market risk?

Total Risk Rank the following three stocks by their level of total risk, highest to lowest. Rail Haul has an average return of 10 percent and standard deviation of 15 percent. The average return and standard deviation of Idol Staff are 15 percent and 25 percent; and of Poker-R-Us are 12 percent and 35 percent.

Year-to-date, Oracle had earned a 15.0 percent return. During the same time period, Valero Energy earned -12.96 percent and McDonald's earned 1.80 percent. If you have a portfolio made up of 50 percent Oracle, 10 percent Valero Energy, and 40 percent McDonald's, what is your portfolio return?

Compute the standard deviation of Kohl's monthly returns. The past five monthly returns for Kohl's are 5.55 percent, 8.62 percent, -4.44 percent, -1.52 percent, and 9.75 percent.

This is a measure summarizing the overall past performance of an investment.

Portfolio Weights You have $45,050 to invest. You want to purchase shares of Company Air at $10.25, Company B at $15.10, and Company F at $9.05. How many shares of each company should you purchase so that your portfolio consists of 30 percent Company A, 50 percent Company B, and 20 percent Company F? Report only whole stock shares.