Chapter 17: Q7. (page 369)
If an investment has 35 percent more non-diversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be:
35
1.35
0.35
The correct option is (b): 1.35
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The interest rate on short-term U.S. government bonds is 4 percent. The risk premium for any asset with a beta = 1.0 is 6 percent. What is the average expected rate of return on the market portfolio?
0 percent
4 percent
6 percent
10 percent
Asset X is expected to deliver 3 future payments. They have present values of, respectively, \(1,000, \)2,000, and \(7,000. Asset Y is expected to deliver 10 future payments, each having a present value of \)1,000. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between the current price of Asset X and the current price of Asset Y?
Asset X and Asset Y should have the same current price.
Asset X should have a higher current price than Asset Y.
Asset X should have a lower current price than Asset Y.
Suppose that you invest $100 today in a risk-free investment and let the 4 percent annual interest rate compound. Rounded to full dollars, what will be the value of your investment 4 years from now?
It is a fact that (1 + 0.12)3 = 1.40. Knowing that to be true, what is the present value of \(140 received in three years if the annual interest rate is 12 percent?
\)1.40
\(12
\)100
$112
Consider an asset that costs \(120 today. You are going to hold it for 1 year and then sell it. Suppose that there is a 25 percent chance that it will be worth \)100 in a year, a 25 percent chance that it will be worth \(115 in a year, and a 50 percent chance that it will be worth \)140 in a year. What is its average expected rate of return? Next, figure out what the investment’s average expected rate of return would be if its current price were $130 today. Does the increase in the current price increase or decrease the asset’s average expected rate of return? At what price would the asset have a zero average expected rate of return?
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