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(Expected rate of return and risk) B.J Gautney Enterprises is evaluating a security. One-year Treasury bills are currently paying 4.6 percent. Calculate the investment’s expected return and its standard deviation should Gautney invest in this security?
Probability
Return
0.05
-4%
0.45
1%
0.45
7%
0.05
9%
The investments expected return is ……. %
(Expected rate of return) James Fromholtz is considering whether to invest in a newly formed investment fund. The fund’s investment objective is to acquire home mortgage securities at what it hopes will be bargain prices. The fund sponsor has suggested to James that the fund’s performance will hinge on how the national economy performs in the coming year. Specifically, he suggested the following outcomes:
Based on these potential outcomes, what is your estimate of the expected rate of return from this investment opportunity?
Would you be interested in making such an investment? Note that you lose all your money in one year if the economy collapses into the worst state or you double your money if the economy enters into a rapid expansion
The expected rate of return from this investment opportunity is ……. %
State of Economy
Probability
Fund Return
Rapid expansion and recovery
10%
100%
Modest growth
35%
40%
Continued recession
45%
20%
Falls into depression
10%
-100%
(Expected rate of return) James Fromholtz is considering whether to invest in a newly formed investment fund. The fund’s investment objective is to acquire home mortgage securities at what it hopes will be bargain prices. The fund sponsor has suggested to James that the fund’s performance will hinge on how the national economy performs in the coming year. Specifically, he suggested the following outcomes:
Data Table
State of Economy
Probability
Fund Return
Rapid expansion and recovery
10%
100%
Modest growth
35%
45%
Continued recession
50%
20%
Falls into depression
10%
-100%
Based on these potential outcomes, what is your estimate of the expected rate of return from this investment opportunity?
Calculate the standard deviation in the anticipated return found in part a.
Could you be interested in making such an investment? Note that you lose all your money in one year if the economy collapses into the worst state or you double your money if the economy enter into a rapid expansion
EXPECTED Rate of RETURN from this investment opportunity is =
