Create a new R Project in a separate folder. Load the West R…

Create a new R Project in a separate folder. Load the West Roxbury dataset from Canvas and using the console, find the dimensions of the R object and display the first six rows of the dataset. Take a screenshot of the whole R window showing you’re working in a new R project and the console displaying the R commands and the results.

Consider the following table of monthly returns for a hedge…

Consider the following table of monthly returns for a hedge fund and an index portfolio. For the purpose of computation, the hurdle rate is the U.S. T-bill rate, assumed to be 6 percent per year.                                                 RETURNS (%)                                      MONTH    Hedge Fund       INDEX January 3.5% 2.4% February 4.0% 3.0% March – 2.0% -1.6% April -2.0% -1.0% May 1.0% 0.2% June 1.0% 1.0% What is the arithmetic average rolling returns for the hedge fund if the investor’s investment horizon is four months?

Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 perc…

Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 percent and cost of earning investment returns has averaged 50 basis points annually. The asset allocation and the set of capital market expectations are shown below.  The expected long-term inflation rate is 2.5 percent. Table 3 Capital Market Expectations Asset class E(ri) si Correlations A B C D A US equities 9% 18% 1       B Ex-US equities 8 14 0.60 1     C US bonds 4 8 0.30 0.20 1   D Real estate 1 7 0.50 0.40 0.10 1    Table 4 Corner portfolios Portfolio E(rp) sp Sp wi A B C D 1 9.0% 18.0% 0.39 100% 0% 0% 0% 2 7.9 16.7 0.35 65 35 0 0 3 7.5 15.4 0.38 37 53 0 10 4 5.0 12.4 0.36 0 25 43 32 5 4.6 10.1 0.32 0 11 55 34 What is the foundation return requirement in percent?

Consider the following table of monthly returns for a hedge…

Consider the following table of monthly returns for a hedge fund and an index portfolio. For the purpose of computation, the hurdle rate is the U.S. T-bill rate, assumed to be 6 percent per year.                                                 RETURNS (%)                                      MONTH    Hedge Fund       INDEX January 3.5% 2.4% February 4.0% 3.0% March – 2.0% -1.6% April -2.0% -1.0% May 1.0% 0.2% June 1.0% 1.0% What is the arithmetic average rolling returns for the hedge fund if the investor’s investment horizon is four months?