...within Alex Sharpe’s portfolio, the Reynolds’ fund holds the highest risk (highest standard deviation of 32.45%), as well as the highest return (16.27% in comparison to Hasbro’s return of 11.31%). Although a lower standard deviation (lower risk) is ideal for an investment portfolio, the Reynolds’ fund yields a higher return for the higher associated risk. Furthermore, our team’s data illustrated that the mix of S&P with Reynolds has a higher return and lower standard deviation than the S&P alone. In addition, if Sharpe invests in Reynolds and Hasbro equally, at for instance, one percent, the average return for Reynolds is significantly higher (at 7.08%) than the average return for Hasbro (at 6.97%). Computing the Sharpe ratio for each of the portfolios, the one with 1% Reynolds is the highest at. Given this analysis, our team feels that Alex Sharpe should consider investing more in the Reynolds fund than in Hasbro fund. Stock Analysis 1. Returns and Risk Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e., annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? | S&P500 | Reynolds | Hasbro | Arithmetic Return | 6.89% | 22.50% | 14.21% | Std Dev | 12.48% | 32.45% | 28.11% | Reynolds has the highest risk (measured by Std Dev) and highest return. The standard deviation for Reynolds is 32.45% over 5 years. The arithmetic return is 22.5% over the same period. 2. Portfolio Risk ...
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...Context: Alex Sharpe currently invests her children’s educational savings in Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which tracks the performance of S&P 500 and is passively managed. However, she is now considering switching her investment strategy to a more active one to achieve better outcomes. Hasbro, a toy manufacturer, and Reynolds, a tobacco firm, have come into Sharpe’s sight and she wants to choose one of them and invest a small proportion of equity funds in it. In order to select a more appropriate investment target, the following issues should be taken into consideration by Sharpe: 1) What are the risk-return characteristics of each stock 2) What are the impacts of either stock to the overall risk-return profiles of the equity portfolio Analysis: 1. Suppose Sharpe's position had been 99 percent of equity funds invested in the S&P500 and either one percent in Reynolds or one percent in Hasbro. Estimate the resulting portfolio position. How does each stock affect the variability of the equity investment? Which stock appears to be the riskiest? Let A (and B) be the portfolio with 99% of S&P 500 and 1% of Reynolds (and 1% Hasbro). | S&P 500 | Reynolds | Hasbro | Portfolio A | Portfolio B | Mean Return | 0.5743% | 1.8748% | 1.1838% | 0.5873% | 0.5804% | Std Dev | 3.6017% | 9.3665% | 8.1158% | 3.5933% | 3.6174% | According to our calculation, Portfolio A is a better choice with higher expected return (0.5873%) and lower standard deviation (3.5933%)...
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...UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Aruna Chandra Hall (Near Post Office), Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh-160 014 (India) Telefax: 0172-2701403 Phone: 0172-2534889 Email: uiams@pu.ac.in Website: uiams.puchd.ac.in SYLLABUS OF THE 1ST YEAR TRIMESTER – I CODE MBA-011 MBA-021 MBA-031 MBA-041 MBA-051 MBA-061a MBA-061b PAPER Principles and Practices of Management Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decision Making. Managerial Economics Human Resource Management Accounting for Management Seminar on Executive Communication Workshop on Information Technology for Management CREDITS 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 MARKS 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 TRIMESTER – II CODE MBA-072 MBA-082 MBA-092 MBA-102 MBA-112a MBA-112b PAPER CREDITS Quantitative Methods and Operations Research 4 Economic Environment for Business 4 Production and Operations Management 4 Financial Management 4 Seminar on Negotiation Skills 2 Workshop on Management Information Systems 2 o Introduction to Retail Management (R. Mgt.)* 4 SECTORAL SUBJECT – 1 MARKS 100 100 100 100 50 50 100 o Principles of Banking and Insurance (B & I)* o Introduction to IT and Telecommunications (IT & Tel)* o Introduction to Infrastructure (Infra. Mgt.)* o Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology (Pharma. Mgt.)* o Hospital Planning and Organization (Hosp. Mgt.)* MBA-122 *R. Mgt= Retail Management; B&I= Banking & Insurance; IT & Tel.= IT & Telecommunication; Infra. Mgt.=Infrastructural Management; Pharma. Mgt...
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