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BUS 405 WEEK 4,Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics Chapter 13 Problem 22
Complete Problem 22 in the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 13 (shown below). When you pick the best choice for your portfolio, defend your decision in a 100 – 200 word essay.
You have been given the following return information for two mutual funds (Papa and Mama), the market index, and the risk-free rate.
Year
Papa Fund
Mama Fund
Market
Risk-Free
2008
-12.6%
-22.6
-24.5%
1%
2009
25.4
18.5
19.5
3
2010
8.5
9.2
9.4
2
2011
15.5
8.5
7.6
4
2012
2.6
-1.2
-2.2
2
Calculate the Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, Jensen’s alpha, information ratio, and R-squared for both funds and determine which is the best choice for your portfolio.
Week 4 DQ1 Expected Returns and Deviation
Complete Problems 1, 2, and 3 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 11 (shown below). Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the results of your analysis.
a. Use the following information on states of the economy and stock returns to calculate the expected return for Dingaling Telephone.
State of Economy
Probability of State of the Economy
Security Return if State Occurs
Recession
.30
-8%
Normal
.40
13
Boom
.30
23
b. Using the information in the previous question, calculate the standard deviation of returns.
c. Repeat Questions 1 & 2 assuming that all three states are equally likely.
Week 4 DQ2 Portfolio Weights
Complete Problem 10 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 12: A stock has a beta of .9 and an expected return of 9 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 4 percent.
a. What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets?
b. If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of .5, what are the portfolio weights?...