Portfolio Management Problem
Portfolio Management Problem
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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PROBILEM
P'nblenn 1 Slhares of A Lid. lhas the followlng assochalesselurns witl1 probability.
Return ( Probabillty
20
005
10
0.10
10
0.20
0.25
20
0.20
25
0.15
30 0.0S
Calculate standard devistiou
Problem 2 A secuity analyst sludio 100 conpanies and obtained the
year 2004. followlng return on investment data for 1ho
Return in %
0-10% Number of companies
19
10-20%
32
20-30 % 41
30 40 %
8
Calcwlate the standard deviation.
Problem 3: A Ltd. has the
following dividend per share and market price share for the
Year period 2002 to 2007. (hrn
2002 Divlded/share (Rs.) LD M.P./ Share (Rs.)Clocig,
1.53
2003
1.53
31.25
20.75
mBkitPad
2004
1.53
2005 30.88
2
2006 67.0
2
2007 100
Calculate the standard deviation of return. 154
Problem 4 From the following data calculate expected retun and standard deviation of
market price = Rs. 261.25 mean shares of A Ld. The current
otsS,Rs. 2, 80, D0 m assrts Y, whleh has an eapweled return ol 10 2K. and Rs 3, 20, 000 1rn a95*
whirh has an expected retwn ol 12% wlhat is xprttrd rrturn lor the portlolo
Vou are considerlng purelasing the rulty stock of a td. The current price per sharrs i, R 10
'oblem N
cxpect a dividend year hene to be Re. 1/. You expect the pricepershare ofA Ltd. a year hence tn na
Problem 10: Using the data from the prevlous calculate covariance and correlation and then compute return and risk
of all the following portfolios based on correlation covariance.
Investment
Proportlon 0.2 0.8
2 Proportion 0.7 0.3
3 Proportion 0.5 0.S
Problem 12: Reluns on shares of P Ltcd. Q Ltd. fur the past two years are as unler:
2006 2007
PLtd. 11% 17%
Q Ltd 20%
Calculate the lollowlng:
a. Expected return of
portfollo made up of 50% of P 50% ol a.
6. Capected return ol portfollo made up of 60% of P and 40% of a.
C.Find out standard
d. What is the
deviation of cach stock.
covarlance and coelficlent of correlatlon between P and a.
C.
MP&Q stock is invested in the ratlo of 2/3: 1/3 what Is portfollo risk.
n e ratio of investment in P & Qis 1:1 then what is the overall portiolia risk and why it has gone
Find out
In sermly A ant
Qvestor lins Rs.20, 00 lo ovest, le ivest %. 15,000
the expected return and the standavddevlatton af the sorttalen
Problem 16 LLtd. and MLUd. have he lollowln risk amd return ostbmates.
20% 22%
h15%
= -1
(Corelatin Cnefflclent) =
r,m
Calculate the proportlon of investment in t Ltd, and MLd, to minimize the risk ol follo
P'roblem 17 Pld. and Q Ltd. have low posltlivecorrelatlon coelficlont ol 40.5. their respective r**
is as under
Rp = 10% Ng = 15%
o 20% ay 25%
Compute the portfolio ofP&Qtominimize risk.
A Ltd. has been specially formed to undertake two investment opportunitie s. The risk and retu
Problenm 18:
characterstics of the two projects are shown below:
A
|Expected return 12% 20%
Risk 3% 79%
A Ltd. plans to invest B0% of its avallable funds in ProjectA and 20% in B.the directors believe that the
INAL
thc diviclenid of
lor llmA- 6%
Expected rate of gruwth
The last dividend paid on the lrm A was Rs, 1/
1 4
The /f of tlhe firm of
nf firm n
irni A
stock stork
What is the cquillbrln porice per share of the equity share
nf requlty
The rish ree tate ht, is the narket risk premin is 8.6% Jrntd ft return
i the f
'rublem 28 expected
xpected return of the7. security under CAMP? What would be the
4
double 7f
=
P'rnblem 29: You have invested in foursecurities (A, n, C and D) the lollowing sums:
25%
A:Rs 10, 000; B Rs.20, 000; C: Rs.16, 000;D: Hs.14, 000. return is 4
If the risk iree
The vahues of the securities are 0 80, 1.20, 1.40 artd 1,75 respectively. encash your
is 11%, what is the on the portfolio? If you
and the market
investerl teturn0 and reinvest the lunds in RBI bands vielding a return ol 4.25% what h
in security
Cxpeeled rrturn
f stock =2.0
the 1equired return on stvek is 10%%
the expectrd divnlend priwth on stnck vis 5%
P'rice per slhare vl stock x is Rs 30.
What is the eapected divldend per sharr of storek x next year?
What will be combined effet of the following on price per share of stock x.
1. The inflation prerniumi increase by 2%.
2. Decrease in the degree of risk aversion reduces the different hetween the return on markot
portfolio and the riskfree return by 1/3"
3. expected frowli rate of dividernd on stock x decreases to 4%
The
. The beta of stock a falls to
1.8.
Prablem 31 An investor is holding 1, 000 shares of Fatlass Company. Presently the rate of dividend being paid by the
company is Rs.2 per share and the share is being sold at Rs.25 per share in the market. However, several
factors are likely to change during he course of the year as indicated below;
EXISTING Reviscd
Risk free rate 12% 10%
Market risk premium km 6% 4%
Betavalue 1.4 1.25
Expected growth rate G 5%
In view of the above whether the investor should
buy, hold or sell the shares? And why?
Problem 32 Finance manager of A Ltd. has the
fallowing informatiun and seeks your advice in
value of the company's stock. The determining the 3
company expects that considering 1he current market
equity share hnleders should get a return of at least L5509% wlile tlhe prices, lhe
vurrent
latest auction for lNs.2500 crores of 182 day bills forreturn
on the market
is 12%. RHI hasclosed the
tlhe lowest bil of 4.3
although there were bidders at ahigher rate of 4 also, for
Problem 33: Informatian about market index and 6% lots of less than Rs,10 crores.
price movement of shares In A given below, covers a three years
perioda
6%
0.7
709
7% 0.666
P'roblen 35 AS
an ihvestment nanager you are glven the following
ork
Bok Investment in equityv intormation,
Initial prlee Rs.. Dividends Rs. Market prlca at Beta risk factor
shares of
the end of the
1 PD
61 o year Rs.
ACement Ltd 25 50 08
Steel ltd. 35 60 0.7
Liquor Ltd 15 135 0.5
B. Government of
India Bonds 1000
Risk free rcturn may be taken at 14%
140
1005 099
You are required to calculate
1. Expected rate of returns ot portfolio in each using Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM)
2. Average return of portfalio.
Problenm 36: A Ltd. stock has an expected return of 16.14%. the risk free rate is 4.95% while tlhe risk premium on the
market porntolio is 8.88%
1. What is the beta of A LId. stock?
2. What is the risk prenuum for the stok?
3. What is the expected'return for the marketpacifolio?
4. The actual return for the market portfolio at the end of the year turns out to be 8%. What
performance would you now expect.from A Lid's stock?
Problem 37 The following data relate to two securities A and S
A
Expected return 22% 17%
Beta lactor (S) 1.5% 0.7%
Assume: IRF 10% and RM =
18%
Find out whether the securities A and S are correctly priced? Also show the graphic presentation of the
above situation.
Calculate the beta factor of the following investment. Is acceptance of the investment worth while,
Problem 36:
basedupon its level ofrisk? the Risk free rate IRE may be taken at 6%.
PortabilitY Returns on
Market (M) Investments(S)
9% 6%
1/3
12% 30%
1/3
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0.2 15%
16%
2 14%
0.4 20% 24%
The current
risk free interest rate is2 percent.
Required:
3. Calculate the coelficient of torrelitlon between the returns on A Ltd. and the market porttolo
6. Calculate the total'risk (l.e. standard
devlation) of A Ltd. and discuss why this is not t he nios
appropriate measure of risk to be useed in making Investment decisions.
C.Calculate the beta faclor for A Ltd. and
brielly dliscuss its signilicance IsA Ltd. efficiency price0
according to the CaPM and the nformation given above?
P'roblem 40:
(A LtdDhas an expected return of 22% and
Standarl deviation of
24% and standard deviation of 38% Altd has a heta of 0.86 and40%.Ltd.Ltd)has expected return o
an
5 a
beta of 1.24 the
correlaton
coetflcient between the return olA LId and S LId. is 0.72. the standard of the
20% Suggest deviation market return s
1. Isinvesting in S Ltd better than
2. f you invest 30% in S Ltd.
investing
in A Lid.
and 70% in A Ltd what
Standard devlation?
s you expected rate ol return and portlolio
3. What is the market
portfolio
expected rate of return and how much is the risk iree rate?
4. What is the heta of Portfolio if
A Lid's
weight Is 70% and 5 Ltd's weight is 30%.
P'roblem 1 A Ltd. has been
enjoining a substantial net cash inllow, and until the
tax and dividend surplus funds are needed to meet
payments, and to linance further capilal
been invested in a small portfolio of short expenditure in several months time,
they have
term equity investments.
Detalls of the portfolio which consists of shares
in four UK listed
companies, are as follows
Company Number of Beta equity
shares held Market price Latest
Expected
coefficlent per share dividend ield return on
% equity in the
D Ltd 60000 next year %
1.16 .29 6.1
Ltd 80000 2.28 Rs.2.92
19.50
FLtd. 3.40 24.00
100000 0.90 Rs.2.17 5..70
GLtd. 125000 1.50 17.50
The current market Rs.3.14 30 23.00
return is 19% a year and the Risk free rate
Required: Rm is 11% a year.
On the basis of the data
given, caleulate the risk of A
relative to that of the Ld's short term investment portfolio
market.
Recommend, with reasons whelher A Ltd. should
Problem 42 Return on LKG LId.s change the composilion of its portlolio.
shares has a standard deviaion
of 22%. As against the standard deviation of the
market at 12%. The correlatlon
between market and
riskand unsystematic risk of LKG Ltd's shares. stock is0,7. compute the Beta va{ue,
systernatic
Problem 43 The following are the returns
of share S and the market
(M) for the last six years
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the markei 2002 15
2003
2004 16
20
2005 13
10
2006 5
2007 12
Caktulate the covariance and correlation coefficient of returns.
2. Delermine the beta coelficient for S.
3. Whal Is S's total risk? how nuch is systematie ris?
Problem44: Tie folloving inlormation available is respect ol securlty Aand Expected Return
Security B 22.00%
A 1.8 20.40%
S 1.6 nas o
risk free rate
priced? What would the
S Tree rateis 7% are thesesecuritiescorrectly
are correctly priced?
Return (%) 12 6
12
Risk (%)
(Standard
Deviation) selected?
Which of the securities will be
75% in security A and
correlation, analyse whether it is preferable to invest
ii. Assuming perfect
25% in security C.
securities P, Q and R with the following parameters
Problem 47 A portfolio consists of three Correlation
P
coefficient
25 22 20
Expected return (% 30 24
Standard deviation (%)_ 26
Correlation coeficient )
0.5
PQ
0.4
QR
PR +06
if the securitles are equally weighted how much is the risk and relurn of the these three securities?
Problem 48: return from market is 20% with a Standard deviation of 25%. The risk free return is 8%.
Expected
1. Find market risk return trade off (Slope)
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r n g a period when risk free assrts ylclded 0.025. the 0.06 risk premiun is ssumed to be conslant
througls tinme.
Riskless investmenls may now be purchased to yicld 0.08.
A SCCurty has a standard deviation of ó07 and a 0.75 correlation with the markrt portlolio. The marker
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1.
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Systematic risk is involved lor
XYZ LId. if the company enters into he Du
may assume CAPM holds and XYZ
2.
CSe employees same amount of leverage.
risk Iree rate present is 10% and expected return on markel portfolio
at
AT Ltd. should require for the new business if it uses a CAPM approach is "
oblem 55
LOmpanyA Ltd. has a ßol
1.32. on an average market has been given a return ot
ds emained
at8%. Return on the stocks of the company for the last three 1470 d
years is B
Return on
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
company shares % 20.00 21.00 17.50
roblem 56: Compute its Alpha value
uppose the
riskless return is 5 percent and the market portfolio's expected return
()Speree
5ume furher that beta coefficient for security j are = 13 (in relation to market portfolio)
#2 =0.3lin relation to growth rate of GDP) and
rate in
B 0.2 =
(in relation to inllation The expected growt
GbP is 8 percent and inflation is 3 percent. Determine the expected return of security
mean
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