Describe how the Efficient Frontier is constructed.  Be very specific on the procedure to construct this. (4 points)    

A year ago, you invested $1,000 in a savings account that pays an annual interest rate of 9%. What is your approximate annual real rate of return if the rate of inflation was 3% over the year?

A stop-loss order can be used to exit a position should the price rise above a set level.               

The most important thing when dealing with Excel data (especially when doing a correlation calculation) is to:

A measure of the riskiness of an asset held in isolation (one stock portfolio) is ___________. 

Below is a return decomposition for two stocks, where the stock’s excess returns are on the y-axis and market excess returns are on the x-axis.  Answer the following questions    Which stock has the higher alpha? (2 points)   Which stock has the higher beta? (2 points)   Which stock has the higher firm-specific risk? (2 points)   Which stock is riskier to an investor currently holding her portfolio in a diversified portfolio of common stock? Give a short explanation justifying your choice. (2 points)           Which stock is riskier to an undiversified investor who puts all of his funds in only one of these stocks? Give a short explanation justifying your choice. (2 points)

 Consider the CAPM. The risk-free rate is 5%, and the expected return on the market is 15%. What is the beta on a stock with an expected return of 19%?

Which one of the following statements about IPOs is not true? 

Extra Credit (2 points): Explain the business model of Private equity (what are they taking advantage of and what companies are they looking for in terms of type).  Why has this business model taken a hit recently?     Extra Credit (2 points): Write out the derivation of the CAPM equation.  Explain each step briefly in the derivation.  

If a portfolio had a return of 15%, the risk free asset return was 3%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio’s excess returns was 34%, the risk premium would be _____.