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ll etisalat 4G 5:09 PM Personal Hotspot: 1 Connection FINA 213 Assignment-Students ' Close PDF - 318 KB Fall 2017-201· Individual Anipmmt Assignment FIN 215 Introduction to Finance Tetal Marks 25 a. The assiganent teed to be MS Weed format Ques. 1 Using the data in the following table, estimane a) the average return and velatility for each stock b) the covariance between the stocks, and c) the coerelation between these two stocks Stock B 3 marks Quex. 2 Supposg you have $100,000 in cash, and you d cide to borrow mther $15,000 a4% interest rate to invest in the stock market. You invest the entire S115,000 in a portfolio Jwith a 15% expected return and a 25% volatility. a. b, E. Wh is the expected return and volatility(standard deviation, of your investment? What is your realized return if J goes up 25% over the year? What return do you realize if J falls by 20% over the year? 3 marks) Ques. 3 Hison Holdings, Ine. (HHI) is publicly traded, with a cutent share peice of 532 per share, HI has 20 million shares oustanding, as well as $64 million in debt. The foundsr o HHI, Harry Harrison, made his fortune in the fast food businoss He sold off part of his fast-food empire, and purchased a professional hockey team. HHI's only assets are the hockey team, together with 50% of the outstanding shares of Harry's Hotdogs restaurant chain. Harry's Hotdog (HDG) has a market capitalization of S850 million and an merpr value of $1,05 billion Afer a little research, you find Bal arverage asset beta ofcdcr fast-food estaurant chains 0.75 You also find thut the debt of HHI and HDG is highly rated, and so you decide to estimate the beta ofboth firms' debt asa Finally. you do a regression analysis on HHI's histonical stock retums in comparison so the S&P; s00, and estimale an equity beta of 1.33. Given this information, estimate the beta of HHI's investment in the hockey tcam 4 marks) Page 2 of3 save Fall 2017-2018 ndividual Assigsme Ques. 4 You own a firm with a single new product that is about so be introduced to the public for the first time. Your markcting analysis suggests that the demand Soe this product could be anywhere between 500,000 units and 5,000,000 units. Given such a wide ranpe, discuss the safest cost structure alternative for your fim 4 marks

Explanation / Answer

1a) AVERAGE RETURN

.1.a)AVERAGE RETURN

Return(percent)

Year

Stock A

Stock B

A

2004

-10

21

B

2005

20

7

c

2006

5

30

D

2007

-5

-3

E

2008

2

-8

F

2009

9

25

G=A+B+C+D+E+F

TOTAL

21

72

AVERAGE RETURN=G/6

3.5%

12%

.1a)VOLATILITY OF STOCK A

                  

A

B=A-3.5

C=B^2

Return (percent)

Deviation

Deviation

Year

Stock A

from average

Squared

2004

-10

-13.5

182.25

2005

20

16.5

272.25

2006

5

1.5

2.25

2007

-5

-8.5

72.25

2008

2

-1.5

2.25

2009

9

5.5

30.25

TOTAL

561.5

Variance=561.5/(6-1)

112.3

Volatility=Square root (112.3)=

10.59717%

VOLATILITY OF STOCK B

STOCK B

A

B=A-12

C=B^2

Return (percent)

Deviation

Deviation

Year

Stock B

from average

Squared

2004

21

9

81

2005

7

-5

25

2006

30

18

324

2007

-3

-15

225

2008

-8

-20

400

2009

25

13

169

TOTAL

1224

Variance=561.5/(6-1)

244.8

Volatility=Square root (244.8)

15.64609%

.b) COVARIANCE BETWEEN THE STOCKS

A

B=A-3.5

C

D=C-12

E=B*C

Return (percent)

Deviation from

Return (percent)

Deviation

Deviation A

Year

Stock A

Average

Stock B

from average

*Deviation B

2004

-10

-13.5

21

9

-121.5

2005

20

16.5

7

-5

-82.5

2006

5

1.5

30

18

27

2007

-5

-8.5

-3

-15

127.5

2008

2

-1.5

-8

-20

30

2009

9

5.5

25

13

71.5

Total

52

COVARIANCE=52/(6-1)

10.4

CORRELATION BETWEEN THESE STOCKS:

Correlation=(Covariance)/((Volatility of StockA)*(Volatility of stock B))

Correlation =10.4/(10.59717*15.64609)=0.062725

.1.a)AVERAGE RETURN

Return(percent)

Year

Stock A

Stock B

A

2004

-10

21

B

2005

20

7

c

2006

5

30

D

2007

-5

-3

E

2008

2

-8

F

2009

9

25

G=A+B+C+D+E+F

TOTAL

21

72

AVERAGE RETURN=G/6

3.5%

12%