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The expected return on the market is the risk free rate plus the _____________.


A) diversified returns
B) equilibrium risk premium
C) historical market return
D) unsystematic return

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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According to capital asset pricing theory,the key determinant of portfolio returns is _________.


A) the degree of diversification
B) the systematic risk of the portfolio
C) the firm specific risk of the portfolio
D) economic factors

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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According to the capital asset pricing model,_________.


A) all securities' returns must lie on the capital market line
B) all securities' returns must lie on the security market line
C) the slope of the security market line must be less than the market risk premium
D) any security with a beta of 1 must have an excess return of zero

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Consider the capital asset pricing model.The market degree of risk aversion,A,is 3.The variance of return on the market portfolio is .0225.If the risk-free rate of return is 4%,the expected return on the market portfolio is _________.


A) 6.75%
B) 9.0%
C) 10.75%
D) 12.0%

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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C

Fama and French claim that after controlling for firm size and the ratio of firm's book value to market value,beta is ______________. I.highly significant in predicting future stock returns II.relatively useless in predicting future stock returns III.a good predictor of firm's specific risk


A) I only
B) II only
C) I and III only
D) I, II and III

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The market portfolio has a beta of _________.


A) -1.0
B) 0
C) 0.5
D) 1.0

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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D

Liquidity is a risk factor that __________.


A) has yet to be accurately measured and incorporated into portfolio management
B) is unaffected by trading mechanisms on various stock exchanges
C) has no effect on the market value of an asset
D) affects bond prices but not stock prices

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Consider the one-factor APT.The variance of the return on the factor portfolio is .08.The beta of a well-diversified portfolio on the factor is 1.2.The variance of the return on the well-diversified portfolio is approximately _________.


A) .1152
B) .1270
C) .1521
D) .1342

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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You consider buying a share of stock at a price of $25.The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1.50 next year and your advisory service tells you that you can expect to sell the stock in one year for $28.The stock's beta is 1.1,rf is 6% and E[rm] = 16%.What is the stock's abnormal return?


A) 1%
B) 2%
C) -1%
D) -2%

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Research has identified two systematic factors that affect U.S.stock returns.The factors are growth in industrial production and changes in long term interest rates.Industrial production growth is expected to be 3% and long term interest rates are expected to increase by 1%.You are analyzing a stock is that has a beta of 1.2 on the industrial production factor and 0.5 on the interest rate factor.It currently has an expected return of 12%.However,if industrial production actually grows 5% and interest rates drop 2% what is your best guess of the stock's return?


A) 15.9%
B) 12.9%
C) 13.2%
D) 12.0%

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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According to the CAPM,what is the expected market return given an expected return on a security of 15.8%,a stock beta of 1.2,and a risk free interest rate of 5.0%?


A) 5.0%
B) 9.0%
C) 13.0%
D) 14.0%

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The SML is valid for _______________ and the CML is valid for ______________.


A) only individual assets; well diversified portfolios only
B) only well diversified portfolios; only individual assets
C) both well diversified portfolios and individual assets; both well diversified portfolios and individual assets
D) both well diversified portfolios and individual assets; well diversified portfolios only

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Beta is a measure of ______________.


A) total risk
B) relative systematic risk
C) relative non-systematic risk
D) relative business risk

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Security X has an expected rate of return of 13% and a beta of 1.15.The risk-free rate is 5% and the market expected rate of return is 15%.According to the capital asset pricing model,security X is _________.


A) fairly priced
B) overpriced
C) underpriced
D) None of the above

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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What is the expected return on the market?


A) 0%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 15%

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Empirical results estimated from historical data indicate that betas _________.


A) are always close to zero
B) are constant over time
C) of all securities are always between zero and one
D) seem to regress toward one over time

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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According to the CAPM,the risk premium an investor expects to receive on any stock or portfolio is _______________.


A) directly related to the risk aversion of the particular investor
B) inversely related to the risk aversion of the particular investor
C) directly related to the beta of the stock
D) inversely related to the alpha of the stock

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A stock's alpha measures the stock's ____________________.


A) expected return
B) abnormal return
C) excess return
D) residual return

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Arbitrage is __________________________.


A) is an example of the law of one price
B) the creation of riskless profits made possible by relative mispricing among securities
C) is a common opportunity in modern markets
D) an example of a risky trading strategy based on market forecasting

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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When all investors analyze securities in the same way and share the same economic view of the world we say they have ____________________.


A) heterogeneous expectations
B) equal risk aversion
C) asymmetric information
D) homogeneous expectations

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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D

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