Assume That as a Portfolio Manager the Beta of Your

question 111

Multiple Choice

Assume that as a portfolio manager the beta of your portfolio is 1.15 and that your performance is exactly on target with the SML data under condition 1.If the true SML data is given by condition 2,how much does your performance differ from the true SML?
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{c}(1) \\(2) \end{array}\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{RFR}=0.0625 \\\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{K}}=0.078\end{array}\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{m}}(\text { proxy }) =0.12 \\\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{m}}(\text { true }) =0.10\end{array}\end{array}$

• A) 2.53% lower
• B) 3.85% lower
• C) 2.53% higher
• D) 4.4% higher
• E) 3.85% higher

Analyze the impact of product differentiation on market power and consumer choice.

Appreciate the implications of short-run and long-run equilibriums on profits in monopolistic competition.

Understand the profitability analysis for firms in monopolistically competitive markets.

Identify the conditions for profit maximization in different competitive environments.

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