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For this tutorial, I suggest that you first try to solve the questions by hand and
then verify your results using Excel.
Question 1: You are given the information below about the returns
of three assets in different states of the economy.
Economy Prob. A B C
v. bad 0.05 ‐6.00% ‐6.00% 1.00%
bad 0.20 ‐2.00% ‐6.00% 1.00%
ok 0.50 0.00% ‐1.00% 1.00%
good 0.20 6.00% 8.00% 1.00%
v. good 0.05 12.00% 40.00% 1.00%
(a) Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of each
asset,
(b) Calculate the covariance between each asset pair,
(c) Calculate the probabilities of following events:
(i) B yields a negative return,
(ii) A and B yield a negative return,
(iii) B yields a return less than ‐1% or larger than 1%,
(iv) A yields a return of 6%, given that C has yielded 1%,
(v) B yields a return of ‐1% or C yields a return of 1%,
(vi) A yields a return of 6%, given that B has yielded ‐1%,
(vii) A yields a return of 6%, given that B has yielded 8%,
(viii) A yields a return of 6%, given that C has yielded 1%,
(ix) A yields a return of ‐2%, given that B has yielded ‐6%.
Question 2: You are given the following sample of end‐of‐month
prices and dividends for two stocks:
Stock A Stock B
Month Price Dividend Price Dividend
Aug‐10 23.47 0.13 450.02 0
Jul‐10 25.81 0 484.85 0
Jun‐10 23.01 0 444.95 0
May‐10 25.8 0.13 485.63 0
Apr‐10 30.54 0 525.7 0
Mar‐10 29.29 0 567.12 0
Feb‐10 28.67 0.13 526.8 0
Jan‐10 28.18 0 529.94 0
Dec‐09 30.48 0 619.98 0
Nov‐09 29.41 0.13 583 0
Oct‐09 27.73 0 536.12 0
Sep‐09 25.72 0 495.85 0
Aug‐09 24.65 0.13 461.67 0
(a) Calculate the total return for each month from Sep‐09 to Aug‐10
for each of the stocks.
(b) Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation of total
returns for each of the stocks.
(c) Calculate the sample correlation coefficient for each of the stocks.
(d) Calculate the holding period return for Stock B when you buy it at
the end of Aug‐09 and sell it at the end of Aug‐10.
(e) Calculate the holding period return for Stock A when you buy it at
the start of Jan‐10 and sell it at the end of Aug‐10.
V[X]=E[(X‐E[X])2]
(a) Show that this can be equivalently written as:
V[X] = E[X2] ‐ E2[X]
Hint: E[a+bX]=a+bE[X] when a and b are constants.
(b) Calculate the standard deviation of asset A in Question 1 using
the definition V[X] = E[X2] ‐ E2[X]. You should get the same result.