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According to the capital asset pricing model,the expected return on a security is


A) negatively and linearly related to the security's beta.
B) positively and linearly related to the security's beta.
C) positively and nonlinearly related to the security's beta.
D) positively and linearly related to the security's variance.
E) negatively and nonlinearly related to the security's beta.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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A portfolio is equally weighted.Stock D has a standard deviation of 11.7,percent and Stock E has a standard deviation of 5.9 percent.The securities have a covariance of 0.0254.What is the portfolio variance?


A) 0.012209
B) 0.009006
C) 0.010549
D) 0.008590
E) 0.016993

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Systematic risk is measured by


A) beta.
B) the arithmetic average.
C) the geometric average.
D) covariance.
E) standard deviation.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The probabilities of an economic boom,normal economy,and a recession are 2 percent,93 percent,and 5 percent,respectively.For these economic states,Stock A has deviations from its expected returns of 0.04,0.07,and −0.11 for the three economic states respectively.Stock B has deviations from its expected returns of 0.14,0.08,and −0.22 for the three economic states,respectively.What is the covariance of the two stocks?


A) 0.00653
B) -0.00743
C) -0.00589
D) 0.00974
E) 0.00802

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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You plotted the monthly rate of return for two securities against time for the past 48 months.If the pattern of the movements of these two sets of returns rose and fell together the majority,but not all,of the time,then the securities have


A) no correlation at all.
B) a weak negative correlation.
C) a strong negative correlation.
D) a strong positive correlation.
E) a perfect positive correlation.

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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The principle of diversification tells us that


A) concentrating a portfolio in three companies within the same industry will greatly reduce the overall risk of a portfolio.
B) concentrating a portfolio in two or three large stocks will eliminate all of a portfolio's risk.
C) spreading an investment across many diverse assets will eliminate all of a portfolio's risk.
D) spreading an investment across many diverse assets will lower a portfolio's level of risk.
E) spreading an investment across five diverse companies will not lower a portfolio's level of risk.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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A stock with an actual return that lies above the security market line has


A) less systematic risk than the overall market.
B) more risk than warranted based on the realized rate of return.
C) yielded a return equivalent to the level of risk assumed.
D) more systematic risk than the overall market.
E) yielded a higher return than expected for the level of risk assumed.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The variance of Stock A is 0.005492,the variance of Stock B is 0.012394,and the covariance between the two is 0.0034.What is the correlation coefficient?


A) 0.4284
B) 0.3542
C) 0.4010
D) 0.4121
E) 0.3510

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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If a stock portfolio is well diversified,then the portfolio variance


A) must be equal to or greater than the variance of the least risky stock in the portfolio.
B) will be a weighted average of the variances of the individual securities in the portfolio.
C) will equal the variance of the most volatile stock in the portfolio.
D) will be an arithmetic average of the variances of the individual securities in the portfolio.
E) may be less than the variance of the least risky stock in the portfolio.

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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A negative covariance between the returns of Stock A and Stock B indicates that


A) market prices of Stock A and Stock B move in tandem when their returns are declining.
B) the return on one stock will exceed that stock's average return when the second stock has a return that is less than its average.
C) a portfolio investing equally in Stocks A and B will have a negative expected rate of return.
D) both Stock A and Stock B have negative rates of return for the period.
E) one stock has a negative rate of return while the other stock has a positive rate of return for the period.

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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A portfolio is expected to return 18 percent in a booming economy,13 percent in a normal economy,and lose 11 percent if the economy falls into a recession.The probability of a boom is 3 percent while the probability of a recession is 25 percent.What is the overall portfolio expected return?


A) 8.40%
B) 6.83%
C) 7.15%
D) 6.05%
E) 2.81%

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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The primary purpose of portfolio diversification is to


A) increase returns and risks.
B) eliminate all risks.
C) eliminate asset-specific risk.
D) lower both returns and risks.
E) eliminate systematic risk.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The covariance of two securities is


A) equal to the variance of one security divided by the variance of the second security.
B) zero when the securities are positively related.
C) expressed as a squared value.
D) limited to a range of 0 to +1.
E) unaffected by any changes in the probabilities of various states of the economy occurring.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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A portfolio consists of 35 percent of Stock S and 65 percent of Stock T.Stock S is expected to return 15 percent if the economy booms,10 percent if it is normal,and lose 19 percent if it is recessionary.Stock T will return 26 percent in a boom,15 percent in a normal economy,and lose 40 percent in a recession.The probability of a boom is 5 percent and probability of a recession is 10 percent.What is the portfolio standard deviation?


A) 11.69%
B) 14.05%
C) 14.22%
D) 12.10%
E) 12.33%

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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If there is no diversification benefit derived from combining two risky stocks into one portfolio,then the


A) returns on the two stocks must move perfectly in sync with one another.
B) returns on the two stocks must move perfectly opposite of one another.
C) stocks must have a zero correlation.
D) portfolio is equally weighted between the two stocks.
E) two stocks are completely unrelated to one another.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A portfolio is invested 54 percent in Stock K and 46 percent in Bond L.The bond has an expected return of 6.85 percent.What is the expected rate of return on Stock K if the portfolio expected return is 10.25 percent?


A) 13.45%
B) 15.60%
C) 13.15%
D) 14.22%
E) 10.68%

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Which statement correctly applies to the feasible set of returns for a portfolio consisting of domestic stocks,A and B? Assume that the expected returns are plotted against standard deviations.


A) Any combination of Stock A and Stock B that plot to the right of the minimum variance portfolio is an efficient portfolio.
B) Given any specific level of risk,the maximum obtainable rate of return will plot on the efficient frontier.
C) The minimum variance portfolio will move to the right on the risk-return graph if foreign securities are added to the portfolio.
D) To obtain the highest possible return,the portfolio return and standard deviation should plot above the feasible set.
E) The higher the correlation between Stocks A and B,the greater the bend in the curve of the feasible set.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The standard deviation of a portfolio will tend to increase when


A) the portfolio concentration in a single cyclical industry increases.
B) one of two stocks related to the airline industry is replaced with a third stock that is unrelated to any other stock in the portfolio.
C) a risky asset in the portfolio is replaced with U.S.Treasury bills.
D) the weights of the various diverse securities become more evenly distributed.
E) short-term bonds are replaced with Treasury Bills.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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For an individual investor,the ideal portfolio could best be described as the portfolio that


A) has the lowest standard deviation given a specific expected rate of return.
B) lies above and to the left of the feasible set.
C) produces the highest rate of return.
D) qualifies as the minimum variance portfolio.
E) lies within the feasible set.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The dominant portfolio with the lowest possible level of risk out of a set of portfolios consisting of two securities is referred to as the


A) efficient frontier.
B) minimum variance portfolio.
C) upper tail of the efficient set.
D) tangency portfolio.
E) risk-free portfolio.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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