Which of the following are synonymous with the phrase “systematic risk”?

Your portfolio currently consists of $1,000,000 invested in stocks that currently give you a portfolio beta of 2.0. You are about to inherit another $3,000,000, and you want the beta of your combined portfolio to be [x] after you invest the inherited money. What will the beta of the investments of the inherited money need to be to make this happen? Express your answer to two decimal places. 

Blank worksheet.xlsx You invest 50% of your money in Stock A and 50% in Stock B. The risk-free rate is [x]% per year and the market risk premium is [y]%. Stock A has a beta of [a]. Stock B has a beta of [b]. What is the expected return of this portfolio? Express your answer as a percentage to two decimal places; 23.45% would be 23.45, for example.   

The risk-free rate is 4% per year and the expected return of the market portfolio is 10%. General Dynamics has a beta of 1.5. Assume that General Dynamics will earn an 13% return over the following year. Which of the following is true?

Your friend wants to plan for her anticipated retirement. She is 30 today, and will retire at age 65. If her first annual deposit into her retirement account is today, she makes 35 annual deposits total, and she needs $[x] at retirement, how much must she save per year if she can earn [y]% per year on her money?  Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Find the PV of the following set of cash flows: Year CF 1  $          500 2  $             0  3  $             0   4  $       1,250 5  $       1,750 6  $             0  7  $             0   8  $       [x],000 9  $       [x],000 10  $       [x],000 Assume the cash flows occur at the end of the year. Discount the cash flows at a rate of 10%/year.  Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Compute the average annual holding period return (HPR) for the following bond: The bond was purchased with 30 years to maturity, an annual coupon rate of 7%, annual payments, face value of $1000, and a price of $820. The bond was sold with 24 years to maturity, at price of $960. Please write your answer in percentage terms to two decimal places (7.21 percent is 7.21, not 0.0721)

Why are some people concerned about stock trading that occurs in “dark pools”?

In the US, profits from C corporations are taxed twice: once at the corporate level and once at the personal level.  Compute the effective tax rate if a C corporation declared earnings of $1,000,000 and the tax rate for the corporation was [x]% and the personal tax rate for the average individual investor was [y]%. Please write your answer in percentage terms to two decimal places (7.21 percent is 7.21, not 0.0721)

How many years will it take for $25,000 to become $75,000 if you earn 6.3%/year on your money? Express your answer in years to two decimal places. For example, twelve and one-quarter years would be 12.25.