Measuring Risk
Answer the following problem:
The following table shows estimates of the risk of two well-known Canadian Stocks:
|
Standard Deviation, %
|
R2
|
Beta
|
Standard Error of Beta
|
Toronto Dominion Bank
|
25
|
.66
|
1.26
|
.09
|
Research in Motion
|
44
|
.08
|
.82
|
.25
|
- What proportion of each stock's risk was market risk, and what proportion was specific risk?
- What is the variance of Toronto Dominion? What is the specific variance?
- What is the confidence interval on Research in Motion's beta?
- If the CAPM is correct, what is the expected return on Toronto Dominion? Assume a risk-free interest rate of 5% and an expected market return of 12%.