The influence of a systematic risk like inflation on a stock by using the beta coefficient. The beta coefficient, ß, tells us the response of the stock's return to a systematic risk. Beta measured the responsiveness of a security's return to a specific risk factor, the return on the market portfolio. The magnitude of the beta describes how great an impact a systematic risk has on a stock's returns. A beta of +1 indicates that the stocks return rises and falls one for one with the systematic factor. Thus, every stock will have a beta associated with each of these systematic risks: an inflation beta, a GNP beta, and an interest-rate…
(c) Betas of stock A and B can be found from the CAPM equation (or alternatively…
Cost of equity = Rf + (Rm-Rf) beta = 3.5% + 7.5% X 1.3 = 13.25%…
Sixteen coins were tossed nine times and the number of heads was counted to determine variation associated with random events.…
14)The beta of a portfolio is a function of the standard deviations of the individual securities in the portfolio the proportion of the portfolio invested in those securities and the correlation between the return of those securities…
a. sal, compa, age, sr and raise. Use either the descriptive stats function or the Fx functions (average and stdev).…
QNT 351 Final Exam1) The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to2) The general process of gathering, organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called3) The performance of personal and business investments is measured as a percentage, return on investment. What type of variable is return on investment 4) What type of variable is the number of robberies reported in your city5) What level of measurement is the number of auto accidents reported in a given month6) The names of the positions in a corporation, such as chief operating officer or controller, are examples of what level of measurement7) Shoe sizes, such as 7B, 10D, and 12EEE, are examples of what level of measurement8) Monthly commissions of first-year insurance brokers are 1,270, 1,310, 1,680, 1,380, 1,410, 1,570, 1,180, and 1,420. These figures are referred to as9) A small sample of computer operators shows monthly incomes of 1,950, 1,775, 2,060, 1,840, 1,795, 1,890, 1,925, and 1,810. What are these ungrouped numbers called10) The sum of the deviations of each data value from this measure of central location will always be 011) For any data set, which measures of central location have only one value12) A sample of single persons receiving social security payments revealed these monthly benefits 826, 699, 1,087, 880, 839, and 965. How many observations are below the median 13) A dot plot shows14) The test scores for a class of 147 students are computed. What is the location of the test score associated with the third quartile15) The National Center for Health Statistics reported that of every 883 deaths in recent years, 24 resulted from an automobile accident, 182 from cancer, and 333 from heart disease. QNT 351 Final Exam. Using the relative frequency approach, what is the probability that a particular death is due to an automobile accident16) If two events A and B are mutually exclusive, what does the special rule of addition state17) A listing of all possible outcomes of an…
1. Find a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of the professor’s students who were…
Therefore, beta was a measure of the market risk of PSC’s portfolio while alpha measured its expected return if market risk were eliminated…
b. Portfolio B has a beta of 1.11 which is greater than Portfolio A’s beta of only 0.935. This makes Portfolio B more responsive the changes in the market and therefore…
Internal Rate of Return Meaning of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing, evaluating, and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Capital budgeting addresses the issue of strategic long-term investment decisions. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Why Capital Budgeting is so Important?…
In previous sections of this chapter, we’ve discussed studying the issue, deciding on a research design, and creating an observational system for gathering information for your evaluation. Now it’s time to collect your data and analyze it – figuring out what it means – so that you can use it to draw some conclusions about your work. In this section, we’ll examine how to do just that.…
a. Enter the stock symbol. On the page for that stock, click “Historical Prices” on the left side of the page.…
An ordinal scale classifies data into distinct categories in which ranking is implied. Ordinal scaling is a stronger form of measurement than nominal scaling because an observed value classified into one category possesses more of a property than does an observed value classified into another category.…
Summary Statistics Basic Definitions Definition Application Description Field Variables General Measurement value that is not constant. Types Independent Variable Value does not depend on any other variables. Other variables are dependent on its values.…