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Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 percent and cost of earning investment returns has averaged 50 basis points annually. The asset allocation and the set of capital market expectations are shown below. The expected long-term inflation rate is 2.5 percent. Table 3 Capital Market Expectations Asset class E(ri) si Correlations A B C D A US equities 9% 18% 1 B Ex-US equities 8 14 0.60 1 C US bonds 4 8 0.30 0.20 1 D Real estate 1 7 0.50 0.40 0.10 1 Table 4 Corner portfolios Portfolio E(rp) sp Sp wi A B C D 1 9.0% 18.0% 0.39 100% 0% 0% 0% 2 7.9 16.7 0.35 65 35 0 0 3 7.5 15.4 0.38 37 53 0 10 4 5.0 12.4 0.36 0 25 43 32 5 4.6 10.1 0.32 0 11 55 34 Between which two corner portfolios will be situated the strategic asset allocation that satisfies the foundation return requirement?
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In the prior year, the Hodges Large Value Fund’s return was 10%. The fund’s benchmark is the Russell 1000 Value Index. The fund had a beta of 1.2 relative to the Russell 1000 Value Index, and the index’s return was 8.9%. If the annualized risk-free rate is 2.5%, Hodges Large Value Fund’s alpha for the prior year is closest to:
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Analyst forecasts a 2.25 percent dividend yield on Canadian equities, based on the S&P/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index and a repurchase yield of 1 percent. He forecasts the long-run inflation rate at 2 percent per year, and a real earnings growth of 4 percent, based on a 1-percentage-point premium for corporate growth over his expected Canadian GDP growth rate of 3.0 percent. He also forecasts a very minor expansion in P/E multiples of 0.25 percent. Based upon these figures, what is the expected return on Canadian equities in the next year?
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