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Investments A and B both offer an expected rate of return of 12%. If the standard deviation of A is 20% and that of B is 30%, then investors would: |
| | A) | Prefer A to B |
| | B) | Prefer B to A |
| | C) | Prefer a portfolio of A and B |
| | D) | Cannot answer without knowing investor's risk preferences |
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When stocks with the same expected return are combined into a portfolio, the expected return of the portfolio is: |
| | A) | Less than the average expected return value of the stocks |
| | B) | Greater than the average expected return of the stocks |
| | C) | Equal to the average expected return of the stocks |
| | D) | Impossible to predict |
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If the covariance of Stock A with Stock B is –100, what is the covariance of Stock B with Stock A? |
| | A) | +100 |
| | B) | –100 |
| | C) | 1/100 |
| | D) | Need additional information |
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Maximum diversification is obtained by combining two stocks with a correlation coefficient equal to: |
| | A) | +1.0 |
| | B) | 0.0 |
| | C) | –1.0 |
| | D) | +0.5 |
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Efficient portfolios are those that offer: |
| | A) | Highest expected return for a given level of risk |
| | B) | Highest risk for a given level of expected return |
| | C) | The maximum risk and expected return |
| | D) | All of the above |
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The beta of a Treasury bill portfolio is: |
| | A) | Zero |
| | B) | +0.5 |
| | C) | –1.0 |
| | D) | +1.0 |
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The market risk premium is: |
| | A) | The difference between the rate of return on an asset and the risk-free rate. |
| | B) | The difference between the rate of return on the market portfolio and the risk-free rate. |
| | C) | The risk-free rate. |
| | D) | The market rate of return. |
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The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) states that: |
| | A) | The expected risk premium on an investment is proportional to its beta. |
| | B) | The expected rate of return on an investment is proportional to its beta. |
| | C) | The expected rate of return on an investment depends on the risk-free rate and the market rate of return. |
| | D) | The expected rate of return on an investment is dependent on the risk-free rate. |
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The security market line (SML) is the graph of: |
| | A) | Expected return on investment (Y-axis) vs. variance of return. |
| | B) | Expected return on investment vs. standard deviation of return. |
| | C) | Expected rate of return on investment vs. beta. |
| | D) | A and B. |
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If the beta of Freon is 0.73, risk-free rate is 5.5%, and the market rate of return is 13.5%, calculate the expected rate of return from Freon: |
| | A) | 12.6% |
| | B) | 15.6% |
| | C) | 13.9% |
| | D) | 11.3% |
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A stock with a beta of 1.2 would be expected to: |
| | A) | Increase 20% faster than the market in up markets. |
| | B) | Increase 20% faster than the market in down markets. |
| | C) | Increase 120% faster than the market in up markets. |
| | D) | Increase 120% faster than the market in down markets. |
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If a stock is overpriced it will plot: |
| | A) | Above the security market line |
| | B) | On the security market line |
| | C) | Below the security market line |
| | D) | On the Y-axis |
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A "factor" in APT is a variable that: |
| | A) | Affects the return of risky assets in a systematic manner |
| | B) | Correlates with risky asset returns in an unsystematic manner |
| | C) | Is purely "noise" |
| | D) | Affects the return of a risky asset in a random manner |
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The drawback of the CAPM is that it: |
| | A) | Ignores the return on the market portfolio |
| | B) | Requires a single measure of systematic risk |
| | C) | Ignores risk-free return |
| | D) | Utilizes too many factors |
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If two investments offer the same expected return, most investors would prefer the one with higher variance. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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If returns are normally distributed, the only two measures that an investor should consider are: |
| | A) | Beta and covariance |
| | B) | Correlation coefficient and beta |
| | C) | Expected return and standard deviation |
| | D) | Standard deviation and beta |
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The difference between the return on the market and the risk-free rate of return is known as: |
| | A) | Market risk premium |
| | B) | Beta |
| | C) | R-squared |
| | D) | None of the above |
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The expected rate of return of Stock (X), given a beta of 1.3, risk-free rate of 6%, and a market risk premium of 7%, is: |
| | A) | 12.0% |
| | B) | 13.3% |
| | C) | 14.2% |
| | D) | 15.1% |
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What is the risk-free rate given a beta of .8, a market risk premium of 6%, and an expected return of 9.8%? |
| | A) | 3.2% |
| | B) | 5.0% |
| | C) | 5.2% |
| | D) | 6.8% |
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The capital asset pricing model states that the expected market risk premium of each investment is proportional to its: |
| | A) | Beta |
| | B) | Standard Deviation |
| | C) | Variance |
| | D) | Alpha |
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For any individual stock there are at least two sources of risk. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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22 | |
The risk premium for Treasury bills is always equal to: |
| | A) | –1 |
| | B) | 1 |
| | C) | Zero |
| | D) | The risk-free rate |
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Arbitrage pricing theory will provide a good handle on expected returns only if we can: |
| | A) | Identify the macroeconomic factors |
| | B) | Estimate the risk premium for each factor |
| | C) | Estimate the factor sensitivities |
| | D) | All of the above |
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