Stock a Has an Expected Return of 10% and a Standard

question 87

Multiple Choice

Stock A has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 20%. Stock B has an expected return of 13% and a standard deviation of 30%. The risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium, rM − rRF, is 6%. Assume that the market is in equilibrium. Portfolio AB has 50% invested in Stock A and 50% invested in Stock B. The returns of Stock A and Stock B are independent of one another, i.e., the correlation coefficient between them is zero. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) Stock A's beta is 0.8333.
• B) Since the two stocks have zero correlation, Portfolio AB is riskless.
• C) Stock B's beta is 1.0000.
• D) Portfolio AB's required return is 11%.
• E) Portfolio AB's standard deviation is 25%.

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Definitions:

Income Distributions

Payments, often periodic, received by investors from assets they own, such as dividends from stocks or interest from bonds.

Rate of Return

The increase or decrease in the value of an investment during a set period, represented as a proportion of the investment's original price.

Income Distributions

Payments made to investors from the earnings derived from the investments within a fund, such as dividends or interest payments.