Question 586

Assume the risk-free rate is 3%. The expected return on the market portfolio is 18%, and its standard deviation is 20%. A company has an expected return of 22%, a standard deviation of 30% and a correlation of 1.2 with the market. What is the company's Sharpe ratio?
  • Question 587

    Which country's central bank has an explicit inflation target?
  • Question 588

    Taxable temporary differences result in a deferred tax ______ when the carrying amount of a liability is _____ than its tax base.
  • Question 589

    A portfolio manager with Churn Brothers Brokerage has recently been approached by one of its institutional accounts requesting that the dollar-weighted rate of return for the Microspeculative investment be calculated. Consider the following series of transactions: t0: Purchase 20,000 shares for
    $ 0.90 per share t1: Purchase 50,000 shares for $1.13 per share t2: Purchase 50,000 shares for $1.20 per share t3: Sell 20,000 shares of for $1.22 per share Sell 80,000 shares of for $1.20 per share Sell 20,000 shares of for $1.17 per share Ignoring commissions, what is the dollar-weighted rate of return for this investment?
  • Question 590

    If the issuing company is considered to be of high risk and it may be years before the issuing company goes public, it is likely to issue ______ preferred shares.