QUESTION
1. Katherine Wilson is wondering how much she must undertake to generate an acceptable return on her portfolio. The risk-free return currently is 6%. The return on average stock (market return) is 14%. Use the CAMP to calculate the beta coefficient associated with a portfolio return of 20%how can you calculate this using excel? Solve using excel2. Jamie Wong is considering building an investment portfolio containing two stocks, L and M. Stock L will represent 65% of dollar value of the portfolio, and stock M will account for the other 35%. The expected returns over the next 6 years, 2015-2020, for each of the stocks are shown in the following table. Solve using excelformulasyearExpected returnExpected returnYearStock LStock M201515%23%201615%23%501717%23%201817%23%201917%23%202017%23%a. Calculate the expected portfolio return, for each of the 6 years.b. Calculate the expected value of portfolio returns, over the 6-years period.c. Calculate the standard deviation of expected portfolio returns, over the 6-year period.d. How would you characterize the correlation of returns of the two stocks L and M?
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