Peter is a financial investor who actively buys and sells in the securities market. Peter has...

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Peter is a financial investor who actively buys and sells in the securities market. Peter has a portfolio which provided the returns of 13.7%, 10.5%, - 11.7%, 25.5% and 19.2% over the past five years, respectively. Required: a) Calculate the arithmetic and geometric average returns of Peter's portfolio for this five-year period. (2 marks) ANSWER a): b) Assume that the expected return of the share A in Peter's portfolio is 15.4%. The market risk premium is 6.8%, Government Bond rate of return is 7.2%. Calculate the beta co-efficient of this share using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). (1 mark) ANSWER b): c) Peter has just set up another portfolio that comprises of two shares only: $3,500 Blue shares and $4,700 Red shares. Below is the data of this portfolio: Expected return Standard Deviation of return Correlation of coefficient (p) Blue 17% 22% - 0.45 Red 23% 39% Compute the expected return and measure the risk of Peter's portfolio by calculating the portfolio standard deviation. (4 marks) Peter is a financial investor who actively buys and sells in the securities market. Peter has a portfolio which provided the returns of 13.7%, 10.5%, - 11.7%, 25.5% and 19.2% over the past five years, respectively. Required: a) Calculate the arithmetic and geometric average returns of Peter's portfolio for this five-year period. (2 marks) ANSWER a): b) Assume that the expected return of the share A in Peter's portfolio is 15.4%. The market risk premium is 6.8%, Government Bond rate of return is 7.2%. Calculate the beta co-efficient of this share using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). (1 mark) ANSWER b): c) Peter has just set up another portfolio that comprises of two shares only: $3,500 Blue shares and $4,700 Red shares. Below is the data of this portfolio: Expected return Standard Deviation of return Correlation of coefficient (p) Blue 17% 22% - 0.45 Red 23% 39% Compute the expected return and measure the risk of Peter's portfolio by calculating the portfolio standard deviation. (4 marks)

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