Beta can be defined as the slope of the line that explains the relationship between
The negligible individual dose (NID) annual is ______ mSv.
The negligible individual dose (NID) annual is ______ mSv.
Which of the following radiation monitors is currently the m…
Which of the following radiation monitors is currently the most commonly used dosimeter for monitoring whole body occupational exposure in diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy?
To determine whether a company is using leverage effectively…
To determine whether a company is using leverage effectively, an analyst should consider
A pension portfolio manager is about to upgrade his performa…
A pension portfolio manager is about to upgrade his performance calculation software. Currently, his performance software will only calculate his performance on a quarterly basis. The quarterly performance numbers calculated on a money-weigh ted rate-of- return basis for the year 2017 are shown below. The portfolio benchmark has annual return of 4.2 percent and the market index has a return of 3.4 percent. QUATER RETURN 1 5.35% 2 -2.34% 3 4.62% 4 1.25% What is the return due to the portfolio manager’s style
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Harold and Kumar are employees with White Castle Advisors. W…
Harold and Kumar are employees with White Castle Advisors. White Castle offers independent investment advice to institutional clients throughout the U.S and Canada. Harold’s and Kumar’s primary responsibility is evaluating the performance of portfolio managers that White Castle’s clients are considering. When necessary, they create customized benchmarks and use the Sharpe, Treynor, ex-post alpha, and M2 measures. These measures adjust a manager’s return for the risk undertaken, where risk is defined as total using the standard deviation or as systematic using beta. Harold and Kumar are preparing an analysis of the performance of the Alpha and Omega Mutual funds. Alpha and Omega are being considered by the endowment of Citi University as an addition to its portfolio. Chuck Prince is the portfolio manager for the Citi endowment. Citi’s current endowment is well diversified, consisting of U.S. and international stocks and bonds, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts, and a small cash position necessary to meet next Quarter’s expenses. In addition to the Alpha and Omega Mutual funds under consideration, Prince is also considering adding individual bonds to Citi’s portfolio because individual bonds have become increasingly more liquid. Harold believes that municipal bonds would be a good consideration because their after-tax return is often higher than that available from corporate bonds. Prince informs them that Citi is also considering adding BBB rated bonds as a small portion of their portfolio, but Kumar believes that this is probably not a good idea because, although he has not reviewed Citi’s investment policy statement, endowments typically have a low ability and willingness to take risk because the endowment must meet the spending needs created by university operating budgets, student scholarships, and faculty salaries. The most recent risk and return measures for both Alpha and Omega are shown below. The minimum acceptable return (MAR) for Citi is the 5.0% spending rate on the endowment, which the endowment has determined using a geometric spending rule. The T-bill return over the same fiscal year was 4.5%. The return on the Wilshire-5000 was used as the market index. The Wilshire 5000 index had a return of 10% with a standard deviation of 21% and a beta of 1.0. Analyzing the results of their performance evaluation, Harold notices that the results demonstrate that the Alpha portfolio is less diversified than the Omega portfolio. Kumar adds that the Omega portfolio would be a better addition to the Citi portfolio than the Alpha fund. Alpha Omega Return 16.5% 15.9% Std. Deviation 38.1% 35.6% Beta 0.8 1.25 Downside Deviation 14.9% 14.0%Which of the two funds is showing a better performance using M-squared measure?
The required return on Beta stock is 14%. The risk-free rate…
The required return on Beta stock is 14%. The risk-free rate of return is 4% and the real rate of return is 2%. How much are investors requiring as compensation for risk?
Because multiple bony areas span the entire body, the radiat…
Because multiple bony areas span the entire body, the radiation dose absorbed by bone marrow:
Given a Sharpe ratio for the market portfolio of 0.40, calcu…
Given a Sharpe ratio for the market portfolio of 0.40, calculate the expected return on a stock with a standard deviation of returns of 0.50 and a correlation with the market portfolio returns of 0.6. The risk-free rate is 5% and the standard deviation of the market portfolio returns is 0.25.