Fundamentals of Finance for Fashion HW Set 2

Question 1Fill the parts in the above table that are shaded in yellow. You will notice that there are nineline items. Question 2 Using the data generated in the previous question (Question 1)a) Plot the Security Market Line b) Superimpose the CAPM’s required return on the SML c) Indicate which investments will plot on, above and below the SML?d) If an investment’s expected return (mean return) does not plot on the SML, what doesit show? Identify undervalued/overvalued investments from the graph

D3 Finance (d) The moving VWAP (MVWAP) is an indicator for long-term investment. Compare the moving VWAP and Moving Average in terms of their similarity and dissimilarity.

Which of the following methods of methods of capital budgeting is based cashflows: 6. A Payback B NPV Profitability Index All of the above C 7. Debentures carry: Voting rights and dividend Interest and voting rights A B C Interest and dividend Interest only 8. Capital gearing refers to the relationship between equity and: Short term debt Long term debt Retained earnings А B Goodwill

13. Strategy 4 - Asset allocation Asset allocation is the proportion of your overall investment portfolio that you have invested in various categories of assets. Typical asset categories include, for example, equities (stocks or stock mutual funds), bonds (or bond funds), and cash (or cash equivalents such as Treasury bills). The following table illustrates several model portfolios that you can use as a basis for your own investment plan, depending on various factors, such as your time horizon, your risk tolerance, and your investment philosophy: Risk Tolerance/Investment Philosophy Asset Allocation and Time Horizons 0–5 Years 6–10 Years 11+ Years   10% Cash 20% Bonds 100% Equities High Risk/Aggressive 30% Bonds 80% Equities     60% Equities               20% Cash 10% Cash 20% Bonds Moderate Risk/Moderate 40% Bonds 30% Bonds 80% Equities   40% Equities 60% Equities             35% Cash 20% Cash 10% Cash Low Risk/Conservative 40% Bonds 40% Bonds…

What is the investment objective for the following investments: 1. PRMX fund 2. VWELX fund 3. SPY ETF 4. MC.PA company 5. MSFT company

Q15 The rate which considers the riskiness and available returns on the investments is known as a. Constant Dividend b. Maximum rate of return c. Minimum acceptable rate of return d. Constant Yield

Compute the unlevered market (asset) beta for Whirlpool. Current Levered Market Beta - Unlevered Market Beta x [1+(1-Income Tax Rate) x (Current Market Value of Debt/Current Market Value of Equity)] a b Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. 1.44 3.52 Total assets Interest-bearing debt Average pretax borrowing cost Common equity. C 2.27 Book value Market value Income tax rate Market equity beta Whirlpool $13,532 $ 2,597 6.1% $ 3,006 $ 2,959 35.0% 227

Match the words with the term.   Question 6 options: 12345 financial need 12345 risk capital 12345 internal source 12345 external sources 12345 financing requirement   1. working capital 2. subordinated debt 3. lenders 4. short-term debt 5. retained earnings

Question #2: Asset Allocation Suppose an investor has a choice between two assets: Janus Balanced Mutual Fund (a risky asset) and 30- day treasury bills (a risk-free asset). Investment Expected Return Standard Deviation (6) Portfolio Weight [E(r)] Janus Balanced Fund 8.58% 8.67% 30 day T-bill 0.26% 1-y (a) Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of the overall portfolio---a portfolio consisting of a mixture of the risky asset and risk-free asset. [Hint: Your answers will be expressed as a function of y] (b) Use your answer from Part (a) to draw the capital allocation line (CAL). Be sure to label your axes. Indicate the portfolio that consists only of the risk-free asset on your CAL as Point "A". Indicate the portfolio that consists only of the risky asset on your CAL as Point "B". (c) Calculate the slope of the Capital Allocation Line. (d) Suppose that the investor chooses a portfolio weight of y = 1.5. Find the expected return and standard deviation of the overall…

Which of the following statements are correct? Preferred equities are separate form common equities Opportunity cost should not be included in the capital budgeting decision Retained earnings are important in calculating the WACC Weights for equity in the WACC calculation are always on book values Cash from net working capital for each year is defined as NWCn- NWCn-1

Investment Alternatives Corn Belt (1) Central Valley (2) Great Plains (3) Exp. Return ri =0.14 r2=0.12 r3=0.07 Std. Dev. 01=0.08 02=0.05 03=0.01 Weight in Portfolio Wi=1/3 W2=1/3 W3=1/3 Correlation Among Investment 1 and 2 (p12)= 0.30 1 and 3 (p13) = -0.40 2 and 3 (p23) = -0.10 %3D Portfolio Data for Financial Servicing Analysis Under Risk a. Calculate the expected return of the portfolio. b. Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of the portfolio. c. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the portfolio assuming that the correlation among the investments is all equal to 0.

Review the table below listing performance metrics for selected assets. The metrics are defined in the same way as in CAPM   Return  risk  beta riskless asset  4% 0% 0 Market Portfolio  9% 24% 1 Fund A 8% 33% 0.4 Fund B 11% 30% 1.5

Question 3 of 22 Which option is an efficiency ratio? Select an answer: total asset turnover ratio debt-to-equity ratio profit margin current ratio Previous

QUESTION 7 1. In which phase(s) of a closed-ended fund's lifecycle is capital committed? a. Investment C b. Formation c. Management - d. Extension

Explain three (3) assumptions of the Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM) and how will the relaxation of these assumptions affect the Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM) equation. B. Explain two (2) of the option valuation capital budgeting techniques as it relates to investment projects

4. Explain what the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is and calculate and explain the result of the CAPM based on the following data. a. Expected Return: 8% b. Risk-free rate: 4% c. Beta of the investment: 1.2 ER=Rf+B(ERm - Rf) where: ER = expected return of investment Rf risk-free rate B;= beta of the investment - (ERm - Rf) = market risk premium

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) - Based on Market Risk Premium Risk free rate (Rf)* 3.00% Beta (B)* Market risk premium* Expected return (ER) 1.50 10.00%

Suppose the HomeNet's Cost of Capital is12%, use NPV, IRR, MIRR, PI, PP and DPPinvestment appraisal methods to analyse thisforecasted FCFs. Interpret your investment decisions madeaccording to the rules mentioned

The output below e penerted from regreseing Fund As exess returns on wkets excees retume (8AP S00). Kiatimate Glet Pavelue intercept L0.000 o.0077 1.2767 0.2066 Market index 1.3258 0.2157 6.1451 0.0000 Adj Reg lObservatione o.3830 so How well does CAPM explain the retume on Fund A? O Expleine over 30% of the variation in Fund A's excess returns O Explains over 60% ofr the variation in Fund A's excess returns O Explains below 20% of the varlation in Fund A's excess returns O Explains below 30% of the variation in Fund A's excess returns

What is the most commonly used capital budgeting procedures? Select one: a. IRR b. Payback period c. Discounted Payback period d. NPV e. Profitability Index

Excel Questions 1) What would happen to the contribution of asset allocation to overall performance if the actual weights had been 75/12/13 instead of 70/7/23? Explain your result. 2) What would happen to the contribution of security selection to overall performance if the actual return on the equity portfolio had been 8.28% instead of 7.28% and the return on the bond portfolio had been .89% instead of 1.89%? Explain your result.

Q11. n is the number of periods of an investment, PV is the starting value, FVn is the future value n periods ahead, and ^ means 'to the power of'. What is the correct formula for calculating return? Group of answer choices 1. (FVn/PV)^n - 1 2. (FVn/PV)^n 3. (PV/FVn)^n - 1 4. 1 - (FVn/PV)^n

42. For the ratio Return on Capital Employed, which of the following best describes capital employed? A. Share capital  B. Share capital + reserves C. Share capital + reserves + long-term capital D. Share capital + reserves + long-term capital + current liabilities

Q44 Cost of the capital is the minimum required rate of earnings or the cut-off rate of capital expenditure, is defined by a. William and Donaldson b. John J. Hampton c. Solomon Ezra d. James C. Van Horne