Exam 18: Evaluation of Portfolio Performance

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Treynor developed the first composite measure of portfolio performance by introducing the capital market line, which defines the relationship between the return of a portfolio over time and the return for the market portfolio.

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Selectivity measures how well a portfolio performed relative to a

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Exhibit 18-8 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) Weights Palicy Actual 50\% stacks 60\% stacks 50\% bonds 40\% bonds Retunns Index Actual g\% 5tacks 9\% 5tacks 5\% bonds 7\% bonds -Refer to Exhibit 18-8. Which of the following statements is true?

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The major requirements of a portfolio manager include the following, except

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A portfolio manager has the following sequence of cash flows over a two year period. Time 0 1 2 autflows -\ 2,000 -\ 500 inflows \ 50 \ 3,090 Calculate the portfolio manager's dollar weighted return.

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Exhibit 18-11 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) The last year's performance for four mutual funds is presented below. The market return was 10.70%, last year with a standard deviation of 13.1% and the risk-free rate of return was 5%. Fund Beta Standard Deviation (\%) Return (\%) A 1.50 18.95 12.5 B 1.20 12.41 13.0 C 0.90 9.30 11.2 D 0.50 8.10 9.5 -Refer to Exhibit 18-11. Compute the Treynor Measure for the C fund.

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Treynor showed that rational, risk averse investors always prefer portfolio possibility lines that have

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Exhibit 18-6 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) Given the following information evaluate the performance of Cloud Incorporated (CI). RCI0.17R_{CI} 0.17 \quad \quad BCI=1.05B_{CI}=1.05 \quad \quad Rf=0.07\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{f}}=0.07 \quad \quad Rm=0.12\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{m}}=0.12 -Refer to Exhibit 18-6. Calculate CI's risk.

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Attribution analysis separates a portfolio manager's performance into an allocation effect and selection effect.

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An appropriate composite risk measure that indicates the relative price volatility for a bond compared to interest rate changes is the bond's yield to maturity.

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Exhibit 18-4 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) The data presented below has been collected at this point in time. Fund Beta Standard Deviation (\%) Return (\%) (\%) AAA 1.05 4.98 16 6 BBB 1.00 4.04 15 6 CCC 0.92 3.13 11 6 Market 1.00 3.75 13 6 -Refer to Exhibit 18-4. Compute the Treynor Measure for the CCC fund.

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Exhibit 18-6 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) Given the following information evaluate the performance of Cloud Incorporated (CI). RCI0.17R_{CI} 0.17 \quad \quad BCI=1.05B_{CI}=1.05 \quad \quad Rf=0.07\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{f}}=0.07 \quad \quad Rm=0.12\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{m}}=0.12 -Refer to Exhibit 18-6. Calculate CI's overall performance.

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Exhibit 18-2 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) The portfolios identified below are being considered for investment. Assume that during the period under consideration Rf = .04. Portfolio Return Beta \sigma W 0.18 1.8 0.06 X 0.21 0.9 0.10 Y 0.13 0.7 0.03 Z 0.16 1.5 0.07 -Refer to Exhibit 18-2. Using the Sharpe Measure, which portfolio performed best?

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The Sharpe measure examines the risk premium per unit of systematic risk.

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Exhibit 18-5 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) The data presented below has been collected at this point in time. Fund Beta Standard Deviation (\%) Return (\%) (\%) 1.07 5.13 19 6 YYY 1.02 4.28 17 6 ZZZ 0.86 3.52 12 6 Market 1.00 3.80 13 6 -What is the Sharpe measure for the S&P 500 over the last ten years if the standard deviation was 8% and the return was 14%?

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Exhibit 18-11 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) The last year's performance for four mutual funds is presented below. The market return was 10.70%, last year with a standard deviation of 13.1% and the risk-free rate of return was 5%. Fund Beta Standard Deviation (\%) Return (\%) A 1.50 18.95 12.5 B 1.20 12.41 13.0 C 0.90 9.30 11.2 D 0.50 8.10 9.5 -Refer to Exhibit 18-11. Compute the Jensen Measure for the B fund.

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A disadvantage of the Treynor and Sharpe measures is that

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Relative return portfolio performance measures

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Exhibit 18-3 USE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) Consider the data presented below on three mutual funds and the market. Fund Beta Standard Deviation (\%) Return (\%) (\%) AAA 0.75 7.0 14 3 BBB 1.05 5.0 18 3 CCC 0.89 8.0 20 3 Market 1.00 8.0 12 3 -Refer to Exhibit 18-3. Compute the Jensen Measure for the BBB fund.

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Exhibit 18-10 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM(S) Consider the following information for a portfolio manager Policy Weight Actual Weight Index Returns Actual Retums Stacks 0.65 0.7 0.11 0.12 Bonds 0.3 0.25 0.07 0.08 Cash 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.025 -Refer to Exhibit 18-10. Calculate the percentage return that can be attributed to the security selection decision.

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