A Portfolio Has a Total Return of 10

question 35

Multiple Choice

A portfolio has a total return of 10.5%, a beta of 0.72 and a standard deviation of 6.3%. The risk free rate is 3.8%, the market return is 12.4%. Jensen's measure of this portfolio's performance is

• A) 0.5%.
• B) 4.3%.
• C) 7.9%.
• D) 9.3%.

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Definitions:

Private Placements

Securities sold directly to a small number of private investors, rather than through a public offering.

SEC Rule 144A

This SEC rule provides a regulatory framework that allows the sale of privately placed securities to qualified institutional buyers without the need for public registration.

Circuit Breakers

Mechanisms used in stock exchanges to temporarily halt trading on an exchange to curb panic-selling, triggered by drastic drops in value.

Flash Crashes

Rapid, deep, and volatile market declines, usually occurring within a very short time period, often caused by automated trading.