BUS 430 Finance Seminar Week 2 Discussion 2 Measuring Risk

BUS 430 Finance Seminar Week 2 Discussion 2 Measuring Risk


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Measuring Risk. 1st Post Due by Day 3. Answer problem set number 13 from the end of Chapter 9. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. 
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%. 

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