a)
To discuss:
Average return of different portfolio alternatives.
Introduction:
Portfolio return: In financial context; portfolio return is seen as percentage that represents the profit on a portfolio of investments.
b)
To discuss:
Standard deviation.
Introduction:
Return: In financial context, return is seen as percentage that represents the profit in an investment.
Portfolio refers to a set of financial investments such as debentures, stocks, bonds and mutual funds owned by the investor.
Risk: The risk can be defined as the uncertainty attached to an event such as investment where there is some amount of risk associated to it as there can be either gain or loss.
The standard deviation measures the volatility of the stock. It measures in absolute terms the dispersion of asset risk around its mean.
c)
To discuss:
Coefficient of variation.
Introduction:
The coefficient of variation is an asset risk indicator that measures the relative dispersion. It describes the volatility of asset returns relative to its mean or expected return.
d)
To discuss:
Performance of portfolio.
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Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
- Question 3: Assume that we wish to determine the expected value and standard deviation of returns of Assets A. The expected returns of assets A and probabilty for each of the next 5 years are given in columns 1 and 2 respectively in the table. Find the expected value and standard deviation of returns for Asset A Year Asset A Prob. 2019 18,00 16,00 13,00 9,00 11,00 0,25 0,20 0,15 0,20 0,20 2020 2021 2022 2023arrow_forwardThe following investments and probabilities are presented: INVESTMENT 1 Years yield probability 1 11 0.25 2 13 0.25 3 19 0.10 4 16 0.20 5 15 0.20 INVESTMENT 2 Years yield PROBABILITY 1 18 0.15 2 16 0.15 3 11 0.40 4 10 0.15 5 11 0.15 1 Calculate the expected return on each investment 2 Calculate the standard deviation of both investments and indicate which investment is riskier and why? 3 Calculate the coefficient of variation of both investments and indicate which investment is riskier and why? In this case it is…arrow_forwardThe possible rates of return of two assets, A and B, under different economic conditions are given below: Economic Situation Probability Return of Asset A Return of Asset B Recession 0.2 10% 6% Stable 0.5 14% 15% Growth 0.3 20% 11% An investor places 50% of his funds in Asset A and 50% in Asset B. [Note: you may use correlation between A and B as 0.2401] Required: (i)Calculate the risk and expected return for each asset. (ii)Calculate the risk and expected return of the investor’s 2-assets portfolio. (iii) What do you understand by total risk?arrow_forward
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