Question: Problem 2 Consider an economy in which the random return ii on each individual asset i is given by Fi = E(F.) + Bim[n -

Problem 2 Consider an economy in which the random return ii on each individual asset i is given by Fi = E(F.) + Bim[n - Elim)] + Bivliv - E(Tv)] + where, as we discussed in class, Elri) equals the expected return on asset i, im is the random return on the market portfolio, v is the random return on a "value" portfolio that takes a long position in shares of stock issued by smaller, overlooked companies or companies with high book-to-market values and a corresponding short position is shares of stock issued by larger, more popular companies or companies with low book-to-market values, Ei is an idiosyncratic, firm-specific component, and Bim and Biw are the "factor loadings" that measure the extent to which the return on asset i is correlated with the return on the market and value portfolios. Assume, as Stephen Ross did when developing the arbitrage pricing theory (APT), that there are enough individual assets for investors to form many well-diversified portfolios and that investors act to eliminate all arbitrage opportunities that may arise across all well-diversified portfolios. a. Consider, first, a well-diversified portfolio that has Bum = Bwv = 0. Write down the equation, implied by the APT, that links the expected return Eh) on this portfolio to the return ry on a portfolio of risk-free assets. b. Consider, next, two more well-diversified portfolios. portfolio two with Bw,m = 1 and Bw, y = 0 and portfolio three with Bw.m = 0 and Bw.v 1. Write down the equations, implied by this version of the APT, that link the expected returns EP) and E7) on each of these two portfolios to ry, Elfm), and Elfv). c. Suppose you find a fourth well-diversified portfolio that has non-zero values of both Bw.mn and Bwy and that has expected return EF) = r; + Bw.m[E(cm) - rj] + Bw.v[E(Tv) - rl+A, where A
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