Fight Finance

(a) Systematic variance of the underlying asset increases.

(b) Idiosyncratic variance of the underlying asset increases.

(c) Systematic, idiosyncratic or total variance of the underlying asset increases.

(d) Systematic variance of the underlying asset decreases.

(e) Systematic, idiosyncratic or total variance of the underlying asset decreases.

(a) Systematic risk increases.

(b) Idiosyncratic risk increases.

(c) Total risk increases.

(d) Systematic risk decreases.

(e) Idiosyncratic risk decreases.

(a) Systematic risk increases.

(b) Idiosyncratic risk increases.

(c) Total risk increases.

(d) Systematic risk decreases.

(e) Idiosyncratic risk decreases.

(a) 16% pa

(b) 12% pa

(c) 8% pa

(d) 5% pa

(e) 4% pa

(a) Expected total return will equal its required total return if the stock is fairly priced.

(b) Expected total return will be less than its required total return if the stock is over-priced.

(c) Required total return should be higher than the risk free government bond yield if the stock has a positive beta.

(d) Required total return depends on its total variance, required capital return depends on systematic variance and the dividend yield depends on idiosyncratic variance.

(e) Expected capital return equals the expected total return less whatever the management decide that they will pay as an income return (which is the dividend yield).

(a) The risk free security has zero systematic variance and zero idiosyncratic variance.

(b) The market portfolio has zero idiosyncratic variance.

(c) Any portfolio comprised of the market portfolio and risk free security has zero idiosyncratic variance.

(d) Portfolios that plot on the CML must only be comprised of the risk free security and the market portfolio.

(e) Portfolios that plot on the CML have some idiosyncratic variance and some systematic variance.

(a) The market portfolio M has systematic risk only. It’s a fully diversified portfolio comprised of all individual risky assets. The market portfolio is usually assumed to be the equity index, such as the ASX200 in Australia or the S&P500 in the US.

(b) The risk free security has no risk at all. Government bonds are usually assumed to be the risk-free security.

(c) Portfolio combinations of the market portfolio and risk free security will plot on the CML and will have systematic risk only. They will have no diversifiable risk.

(d) The portfolios on the CML with a return above ##r_f## have maximum return for any given level of risk.

(e) The individual assets and portfolios with returns less than the risk free rate are over-priced, have a negative Jensen’s alpha and should be sold.

(a) Has a beta of 0.5.

(b) Is fairly priced.

(c) Has systematic standard deviation equal to 10% pa.

(d) Has diversifiable standard deviation equal to 20% pa.

(e) Has total standard deviation equal to 40% pa.

(a) Betas of the Solar and Beach companies will only measure the companies’ sensitivity to the market portfolio risk factor, not the cloud coverage factor.

(b) Will under-estimate the Solar and Beach stocks’ systematic variance.

(c) Will under-estimate the Solar and Beach stocks’ diversifiable variance.

(d) Models will show positive correlations between the Solar and Beach stock’s residual (also called idiosyncratic or diversifiable) returns.

(a) Systematic risk.

(b) Diversifiable risk.

(c) Total risk.

(d) Credit risk.

(e) Foreign exchange risk.