The chance of loss due to fluctuations in the stock market is:

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• On November 22, 2009 the stock price of WalMart was $39.50 and the retailer stock index was 600.30. On November 25, 2009 the stock price of WalMart was $40.25 and the retailer stock index was 605.20. Consider the ratio of WalMart to the retailer index on November 22 and November 25. WalMart is _______ the retail industry and technical analysts who follow relative strength would advise _______ the stock.
• A portfolio comprises of two stocks A and B. Stock A gives a return of 8%and stock B gives a return of 7%. Stock A has a weight of 60% in the portfolio. What is the portfolio return?
• A portfolio comprises of two stocks A and B. Stock A gives a return of 8%and stock B gives a return of 7%. Stock A has a weight of 60% in the portfolio. What is the portfolio return?
• A stock has an expected return of 15 percent. The market risk premium is 10 percent and the risk-free rate is 4 percent. What is the stock's beta? (C)
• If the risk free rate of return (Rf) is 7%, expected return on the market [E(Rm)] is 15%, and the return on stock X is 16%, the beta for the stock X using CAPM is
• When Maurice Kendall examined the patterns of stock returns in 1953 he concluded that the stock market was __________. Now, these random price movements are believed to be _________.
• If you believe in the _______ form of the EMH, you believe that stock prices only reflect all information that can be derived by examining market trading data such as the history of past stock prices, trading volume or short interest.
• Suppose you estimate the characteristic line for Stock X. You find that the standard deviation of X’s error term is 7%, X’s beta is 1.4, and the standard deviation of the market is 12%. What is the total standard deviation for Stock X?
• The risk-free rate for the next year is 3%, and the market risk premium is expected to be 10%. The beta of Acme’s stock is 1.5. If you believe that Acme’s stock will actually return 18.2% over the next year, then according to the CAPM you should:
• Stock A has a beta of 1.0 and very high unique risk. If the expected return on the market is 20%, then according to the CAPM the expected return on Stock A will be: