FIN2004 Tutorial 3

Jiten Khemlani / Victoria Iskak/

Jomel Ho / Guo Si

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 9a
9. You've observed the following returns on Crash-n-Burn
Computer's stock over the past five years: 7 percent,
12 percent, 11 percent, 38 percent, and 14 percent.
a. What was the arithmetic average return on Crash-nBurns stock over this five-year period?
To find the average return, we sum all the returns and divide
by the number of returns, so:
Average return =
(.07 .12 +.11 +.38 +.14)/5 = .1160 or 11.60%

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 9b
9. b. What was the variance of Crash-n-Burns return over
his period? The standard deviation?

Totals

(1)
Actual
Return

(2)
Average
Return

(3)
Deviation
(1) (2)

(4)
Squared
Deviation

0.07

0.116

-0.046

0.002116

-0.12

0.116

-0.236

0.055696

0.11

0.116

-0.006

3.6 x

0.38

0.116

0.264

0.069696

0.14

0.116

0.024

0.000576

0.000

0.12812

0.58

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 9b
Using the equation to find Variance,
Variance = 1/4[(.07 .116)^2 + (.12 .116)^2 +
(.11 .116)^2 + (.38 .116)^2 +(.14 .116)^2]
Variance = 0.032030
So, the standard deviation is:
Standard deviation = (0.03230)^(1/2) =
0.1790 or 17.90%

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 10a

10. For the problem above, suppose the average inflation
rate over this period was 3.5 percent and the average
rate T-bill rate over the period was 4.2 percent.
a. What was the average real return on Crash-n-Burns
stock?
To calculate the average real return, we can use the average
return of the asset, and the average inflation in the Fisher
equation. Doing so, we find:
(1 + R) = (1 + r)(1 + h)
r = (1.160/1.035) 1 = .0783 or 7.83%

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 10b

b. What was the average nominal risk premium

on Crash-n-Burns stock?

The average risk premium is simply the average

return of the asset, minus the average risk-free
rate, so, the average risk premium for this asset
would be:

RP = R Rf = .1160 .042
= .0740 or 7.40%

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 11
11. Given the information in the problem just above, what
was the average real risk-free rate over this time
period? What was the average real risk premium?
We can find the average real risk-free rate using the Fisher
equation. The average real risk-free rate was:
(1 + R) = (1 + r)(1 + h)
rf = (1.042/1.035) 1 = .0068 or 0.68%
Average real risk premium can be found by subtracting the
average risk-free rate from the average real return.
rp = r rf = 7.83% 0.68% = 7.15%

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 16
16.
Year

Price

Dividend Dollar
Return

% Return

1+r

$60.18

73.66

$0.60

$14.08

0.23396

1.23396

94.18

0.64

21.16

0.28726

1.28726

89.35

0.72

-4.11

-0.0436

0.9564

78.49

0.80

-10.06

-0.11259

0.88874

95.05

1.20

17.76

0.22627

1.22627

RWJ Chap 12 Qn 16
16.
Arithmetic average return :
RA = (0.2340 + 0.2873 0.0436 0.1126 +
0.2263)/5
= 0.1183 or 11.83%
Geometric average return:
RG = [(1 + .2340)(1 + .2873)(1 .0436)(1
.1126)(1 + .2263)]^(1/5) 1
= 0.1058 or 10.58%

RWJ Chap 13 Qn 23
23.
Consider the following information on three stocks:
a. If your portfolio is invested 40 percent each in A
and B and 20 percent in C, what is the portfolio
expected return? The variance? The standard
deviation?

b. If the expected T-bill rate is 3.80 percent, what is

the expected risk premium on the portfolio?
c. If the expected inflation rate is 3.50 percent, what
are the approximate and exact expected real returns
on the portfolio? What are the approximate and exact
expected real risk premiums on the portfolio?

RWJ Chap 13 Qn 23a

Boom: E(Rp) = .4(.24) + .4(.36) + .2(.55)
= .3500 or 35.00%
Normal: E(Rp) = .4(.17) + .4(.13) + .2(.09)
= .1380 or 13.80%
Bust: E(Rp) = .4(.00) + .4(.28) + .2(.45)
= .2020 or 20.20%
Expected return of porfolio:
E(Rp) = .35(.35) + .50(.138) + .15(.202) = .1612
or 16.12%

RWJ Chap 13 Qn 23a, b

Variance = .35(.35 .1612)^2 + .50(.138
.1612)^2 + .15(.202 .1612)^2
= .03253
Therefore, St Dev = (.03253)^(1/2) = .1804 or
18.04%
b) The risk premium is the return of a risky asset,
minus the risk-free rate. T-bills are often used as
the risk-free rate, so:
RPi = E(Rp) Rf = .1612 .0380
= .1232 or 12.32%

RWJ Chap 13 Qn 23 c
The approximate expected real return is the expected
nominal return minus the inflation rate, so:
Approximate expected real return = .1612 .035
= .1262 or 12.62%
To find the exact real return, we will use the Fisher
equation. Doing so, we get:
1 + E(Ri) = (1 + h)[1 + e(ri)]
1.1612 = (1.0350)[1 + e(ri)]
e(ri) = (1.1612/1.035) 1 = .1219 or 12.19%

RWJ Chap 13 Qn 23 c
Approximate real risk premium=
expected return - risk-free rate, so:

Approximate expected real risk premium = .1612

.038 = .1232 or 12.32%
Exact expected real risk premium =
Approximate expected real risk premium /
(1+ inflation rate), so:

Exact expected real risk premium = .1168/1.035 =

.1190 or 11.90%

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