Question: You are an analyst for a large public pension fund and you have been assigned the task of evaluating two different external portfolio managers (Y
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Additionally, your estimate for the risk premium for the market portfolio is 5.00 percent and the risk-free rate is currently 4.50 percent.
a. For both Manager Y and Manager Z, calculate the expected return using the CAPM. Express your answers to the nearest basis point (i.e., xx.xx%).
b. Calculate each fund managers average alpha (i.e., actual return minus expected return) over the five-year holding period. Show graphically where these alpha statistics would plot on the security market line (SML).
c. Explain whether you can conclude from the information in Part b if: (1) either manager outperformed the other on a risk-adjusted basis, and (2) either manager outperformed market expectations ingeneral.
Portfoliotal Avg. Return Standard Deviation Manager Y Manager 2 10.20% 8.80 Beta 1.20 0.80 12.00% 9.90
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