Question

You have been provided the following data on the securities of three firms, the market portfolio, and the risk-free asset:

a. Fill in the missing values in the table. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter 0 wherever required. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
  

Security	Expected Return	Standard Deviation	Correlation*	Beta
Firm A	.115	.26		.91
Firm B	.135		.45	1.46
Firm C	.116	.71	.30
The market portfolio	.12	.20
The risk-free asset	.05

*With the market portfolio.

b-1. According to the CAPM, what is the expected return of Firm A's stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Expected return              

b-2. What is your investment recommendation for someone with a well-diversified portfolio?

• Sell

• Buy

b-3. According to the CAPM, what is the expected return of Firm B's stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Expected return              

b-4. What is your investment recommendation for someone with a well-diversified portfolio?

• Buy

• Sell

b-5. According to the CAPM, what is the expected return of Firm C's stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Expected return              

b-6. What is your investment recommendation for someone with a well-diversified portfolio?

• Buy

• Sell

Answer 1