You purchased a share of stock for $25. One year later, you received $1 as a dividend and sold the share for $29. What was your holding-period return?

You purchased 100 shares of common stock on margin at $45 per share. Assume the initial margin is 50%, and the stock pays no dividend. What would the maintenance margin be if a margin call is made at a stock price of $30? Ignore interest on margin.

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) false regarding the selection of a portfolio from those that lie on the capital allocation line?

(I) Less risk-averse investors will invest more in the risk-free security and less in the optimal risky portfolio than more risk-averse investors.

(II) More risk-averse investors will invest less in the optimal risky portfolio and more in the risk-free security than less risk-averse investors.

(III) Investors choose the portfolio that maximizes their expected utility.

Assume that you purchased 200 shares of UniSuper Performing mutual fund at a net asset value of $21 per share. During the year, you received dividend income distributions of $1.50 per share and capital gains distributions of $2.85 per share. At the end of the year, the shares had a net asset value of $23 per share. What was your rate of return on this investment?

When borrowing and lending at a risk-free rate are allowed, which capital allocation line (CAL) should the investor choose to combine with the efficient frontier?

    I) The one with the highest reward-to-variability ratio.

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Two securities have a covariance of 0.022. If their correlation coefficient is 0.52 and one has a standard deviation of 15%, what must be the standard deviation of the other security?

Use the below information to answer the following question.

U = E(r)− (A/2)xSD², where A = 4.0.

Based on the utility function above, which investment would you select?

You are planning to invest $10,000 in a risky

asset and a T-bill. The risky asset has an expected rate of return of 11% and a

standard deviation of 22%. The T-bill provides a rate of return of 4.5%.

What

dollar amounts should be invested in the risk-free asset and the risky asset,

respectively, to form a complete portfolio with a standard deviation of 13.2%?

You sold Apple stock short at $190 per share. Your losses could be minimized by placing a