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SOLUTION MANUAL FOR Fundamentals of Investments Valuation and

Management 9th Edition by Jordan Chapter 1-21 A+

Chapter 1

A Brief History of Risk and Return

Concept Questions:



1. For both risk and return, increasing order is b, c, a, d. On average, the higher the risk of

an investment, the higher is its expected return.



2. Since the price didn’t change, the capital gains yield was zero. If the total return was four

percent, then the dividend yield must be four percent.



3. It is impossible to lose more than –100 percent of your investment. Therefore, return

distributions are cut off on the lower tail at –100 percent; if returns were truly normally

distributed, you could lose much more.



4. To calculate an arithmetic return, you sum the returns and divide by the number of

returns. As such, arithmetic returns do not account for the effects of compounding (and, in

particular, the effect of volatility). Geometric returns do account for the effects of compounding

and for changes in the base used for each year’s calculation of returns. As an investor, the more

important return of an asset is the geometric return.




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5. Blume’s formula uses the arithmetic and geometric returns along with the number of

observations to approximate a holding period return. When predicting a holding period return,

the arithmetic return will tend to be too high and the geometric return will tend to be too low.

Blume’s formula adjusts these returns for different holding period expected returns.



6. T-bill rates were highest in the early eighties since inflation at the time was relatively

high. As we discuss in our chapter on interest rates, rates on T-bills will almost always be

slightly higher than the expected rate of inflation.



7. Risk premiums are about the same regardless of whether we account for inflation. The

reason is that risk premiums are the difference between two returns, so inflation essentially nets

out.



8. Returns, risk premiums, and volatility would all be lower than we estimated because

aftertax returns are smaller than pretax returns.



9. We have seen that T-bills barely kept up with inflation before taxes. After taxes, investors

in T-bills actually lost ground (assuming anything other than a very low tax rate). Thus, an all T-

bill strategy will probably lose money in real dollars for a taxable investor.



10. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that the results we have discussed cover over

80 years, well beyond the investing lifetime for most of us. There have been extended periods

during which small stocks have done terribly. Thus, one reason most investors will choose not to



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pursue a 100 percent stock (particularly small-cap stocks) strategy is that many investors have

relatively short horizons, and high volatility investments may be very inappropriate in such

cases. There are other reasons, but we will defer discussion of these to later chapters.



Solutions to Questions and Problems



NOTE: All end of chapter problems were solved using a spreadsheet. Many problems require

multiple steps. Due to space and readability constraints, when these intermediate steps are

included in this solutions manual, rounding may appear to have occurred. However, the final

answer for each problem is found without rounding during any step in the problem.



Core Questions



1. Total dollar return = 100($41 – $37 + $.28) = $428.00

Whether you choose to sell the stock does not affect the gain or loss for the year; your stock is

worth what it would bring if you sold it. Whether you choose to do so or not is irrelevant

(ignoring commissions and taxes).



2. Capital gains yield = ($41 – $37)/$37 = .1081, or 10.81% Dividend yield = $.28/$37 =

.0076, or .76%

Total rate of return = 10.81% + .76% = 11.57%



3. Dollar return = 500($34 – $37 + $.28) = –$1,360



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Capital gains yield = ($34 – $37)/$37 = –.0811, or –8.11% Dividend yield = $.28/$37 = .0076, or

.76%

Total rate of return = –8.11% + .76% = –7.35%



4. a. average return = 6.2%, average risk premium = 2.6%

b. average return = 3.6%, average risk premium = 0%

c. average return = 11.9%, average risk premium = 8.3%

d. average return = 17.5%, average risk premium = 13.9%



5. Cherry average return = (17% + 11% – 2% + 3% + 14%)/5 = 8.60%

Straw average return = (16% + 18% – 6% + 1% + 22%)/5 = 10.20%



6. Cherry: RA = 8.60%

Var = 1/4[(.17 – .086)2 + (.11 – .086)2 + (–.02 – .086)2 + (.03 – .086)2 + (.14 – .086)2] = .00623

Standard deviation = (.00623)1/2 = .0789, or 7.89%



Straw: RB = 10.20%

Var = 1/4[(.16 – .102)2 + (.18 – .102)2 + (–.06 – .102)2 + (.01 – .102)2 + (.22 – .102)2] = .01452

Standard deviation = (.01452)1/2 = .1205, or 12.05%



7. The capital gains yield is ($59 – $65)/$65 = –.0923, or –9.23% (notice the negative sign).

With a dividend yield of 1.2 percent, the total return is –8.03%.




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