SOLUTION MANUAL
Fundamentals of Investments Valuation and
Management 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan & Miller
Chapters 1 to 21 Covered
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,Table oƒ contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: A Brieƒ History oƒ Risk and Return
Chapter 2: The Investment Process
Chapter 3: Overview oƒ Security Types
Chapter 4: Mutual Ƒunds, ETƑs, and Other Investment Companies
PART TWO: STOCK MARKETS
Chapter 5: The Stock Market
Chapter 6: Common Stock Valuation
Chapter 7: Stock Price Behavior and Market Eƒƒiciency
Chapter 8: Behavioral Ƒinance and the Psychology oƒ Investing
PART THREE: INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION
Chapter 9: Interest Rates
Chapter 10: Bond Prices and Yields
PART ƑOUR: PORTƑOLIO MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11: Diversiƒication and Risky Asset Allocation
Chapter 12: Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line
Chapter 13: Perƒormance Evaluation and Risk Management
PART ƑIVE: ƑUTURES AND OPTIONS
Chapter 14: Mutual Ƒunds, ETS, and Other Ƒund Types
Chapter 15: Stock Options
Chapter 16: Option Valuation
PART SIX: TOPICS IN INVESTMENTS
Chapter 17: Alternative Investments
Chapter 18: Corporate and Government Bonds
Chapter 19: Projecting Cash Ƒlow and Earnings
Chapter 20: Global Economic Activity and Industry Analysis
Chapter 21 (online): Mortgage-Backed Securities
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,Chapter 1
A Brieƒ History oƒ Risk and Return
Concept Questions
1. Ƒor both risk and return, increasing order is b, c, a, d. On average, the higher the risk oƒ an
investment, the higher is its expected return.
2. Since the price didn’t change, the capital gains yield was zero. Iƒ the total return was ƒour percent,
then the dividend yield must be ƒour percent.
3. It is impossible to lose more than –100 percent oƒ your investment. Thereƒore, return distributions
are cut oƒƒ on the lower tail at –100 percent; iƒ 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 oƒ returns. As such,
arithmetic returns do not account ƒor the eƒƒects oƒ compounding (and, in particular, the eƒƒect oƒ
volatility). Geometric returns do account ƒor the eƒƒects oƒ compounding and ƒor changes in the
base used ƒor each year’s calculation oƒ returns. As an investor, the more important return oƒ an
asset is the geometric return.
5. Blume’s ƒormula uses the arithmetic and geometric returns along with the number oƒ 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 ƒormula adjusts
these returns ƒor diƒƒerent holding period expected returns.
6. T-bill rates were highest in the early eighties since inƒlation 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 oƒ inƒlation.
7. Risk premiums are about the same regardless oƒ whether we account ƒor inƒlation. The reason is that
risk premiums are the diƒƒerence between two returns, so inƒlation essentially nets out.
8. Returns, risk premiums, and volatility would all be lower than we estimated because aƒtertax returns
are smaller than pretax returns.
9. We have seen that T-bills barely kept up with inƒlation beƒore taxes. Aƒter 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 ƒor a taxable investor.
10. It is important not to lose sight oƒ the ƒact that the results we have discussed cover over 80
years, well beyond the investing liƒetime ƒor most oƒ us. There have been extended periods during
which small stocks have done terribly. Thus, one reason most investors will choose not to pursue a
100
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, 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 deƒer discussion oƒ these to later chapters.
11.
Solutions to Questions and Problems
NOTE: All end oƒ 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 ƒinal answer ƒor each problem is ƒound 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 aƒƒect the gain or loss ƒor the year; your stock is
worth what it would bring iƒ you sold it. Whether you choose to do so or not is irrelevant (ignoring
commissions and taxes).
2. Capital gains yield $41 – $37 .1081, or 10.81%
/ $37
Dividend yield $.28 / .0076, or .76%
$37
Total rate oƒ 11.57%
return 10.81% .76%
3. Dollar return = 500($34 – $37 + $.28) = –$1,360
Capital gains yield $34 – $37 – .0811, or – 8.11%
/ $37
Dividend yield $.28 / .0076, or .76%
$37
Total rate oƒ return = –8.11% + .76% = –7.35%
4.
a. average return = 6.0%, average risk premium = 2.7%
b. average return = 3.3%, average risk premium = 0%
c. average return = 12.3%, average risk premium = 9.0%
d. average return = 16.3%, average risk premium = 13.0%
5. Cherry average return 1 11% – 8.60%
7% 2% 3% 14% /
5
Straw average return 1 18% – 1% 22% 10.20%
6% 6% /5
6. Cherry: RA 8.60%
2 2 2
Var 1/ 4
2 .17 – .086 2 .11 – .086 –.02 – .086 .03 – .00623
.086 .14 – .086
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Fundamentals of Investments Valuation and
Management 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan & Miller
Chapters 1 to 21 Covered
1
© MCGRAW HILL LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OƑ MCGRAW HILL LLC.
,Table oƒ contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: A Brieƒ History oƒ Risk and Return
Chapter 2: The Investment Process
Chapter 3: Overview oƒ Security Types
Chapter 4: Mutual Ƒunds, ETƑs, and Other Investment Companies
PART TWO: STOCK MARKETS
Chapter 5: The Stock Market
Chapter 6: Common Stock Valuation
Chapter 7: Stock Price Behavior and Market Eƒƒiciency
Chapter 8: Behavioral Ƒinance and the Psychology oƒ Investing
PART THREE: INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION
Chapter 9: Interest Rates
Chapter 10: Bond Prices and Yields
PART ƑOUR: PORTƑOLIO MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11: Diversiƒication and Risky Asset Allocation
Chapter 12: Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line
Chapter 13: Perƒormance Evaluation and Risk Management
PART ƑIVE: ƑUTURES AND OPTIONS
Chapter 14: Mutual Ƒunds, ETS, and Other Ƒund Types
Chapter 15: Stock Options
Chapter 16: Option Valuation
PART SIX: TOPICS IN INVESTMENTS
Chapter 17: Alternative Investments
Chapter 18: Corporate and Government Bonds
Chapter 19: Projecting Cash Ƒlow and Earnings
Chapter 20: Global Economic Activity and Industry Analysis
Chapter 21 (online): Mortgage-Backed Securities
2
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,Chapter 1
A Brieƒ History oƒ Risk and Return
Concept Questions
1. Ƒor both risk and return, increasing order is b, c, a, d. On average, the higher the risk oƒ an
investment, the higher is its expected return.
2. Since the price didn’t change, the capital gains yield was zero. Iƒ the total return was ƒour percent,
then the dividend yield must be ƒour percent.
3. It is impossible to lose more than –100 percent oƒ your investment. Thereƒore, return distributions
are cut oƒƒ on the lower tail at –100 percent; iƒ 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 oƒ returns. As such,
arithmetic returns do not account ƒor the eƒƒects oƒ compounding (and, in particular, the eƒƒect oƒ
volatility). Geometric returns do account ƒor the eƒƒects oƒ compounding and ƒor changes in the
base used ƒor each year’s calculation oƒ returns. As an investor, the more important return oƒ an
asset is the geometric return.
5. Blume’s ƒormula uses the arithmetic and geometric returns along with the number oƒ 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 ƒormula adjusts
these returns ƒor diƒƒerent holding period expected returns.
6. T-bill rates were highest in the early eighties since inƒlation 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 oƒ inƒlation.
7. Risk premiums are about the same regardless oƒ whether we account ƒor inƒlation. The reason is that
risk premiums are the diƒƒerence between two returns, so inƒlation essentially nets out.
8. Returns, risk premiums, and volatility would all be lower than we estimated because aƒtertax returns
are smaller than pretax returns.
9. We have seen that T-bills barely kept up with inƒlation beƒore taxes. Aƒter 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 ƒor a taxable investor.
10. It is important not to lose sight oƒ the ƒact that the results we have discussed cover over 80
years, well beyond the investing liƒetime ƒor most oƒ us. There have been extended periods during
which small stocks have done terribly. Thus, one reason most investors will choose not to pursue a
100
3
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, 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 deƒer discussion oƒ these to later chapters.
11.
Solutions to Questions and Problems
NOTE: All end oƒ 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 ƒinal answer ƒor each problem is ƒound 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 aƒƒect the gain or loss ƒor the year; your stock is
worth what it would bring iƒ you sold it. Whether you choose to do so or not is irrelevant (ignoring
commissions and taxes).
2. Capital gains yield $41 – $37 .1081, or 10.81%
/ $37
Dividend yield $.28 / .0076, or .76%
$37
Total rate oƒ 11.57%
return 10.81% .76%
3. Dollar return = 500($34 – $37 + $.28) = –$1,360
Capital gains yield $34 – $37 – .0811, or – 8.11%
/ $37
Dividend yield $.28 / .0076, or .76%
$37
Total rate oƒ return = –8.11% + .76% = –7.35%
4.
a. average return = 6.0%, average risk premium = 2.7%
b. average return = 3.3%, average risk premium = 0%
c. average return = 12.3%, average risk premium = 9.0%
d. average return = 16.3%, average risk premium = 13.0%
5. Cherry average return 1 11% – 8.60%
7% 2% 3% 14% /
5
Straw average return 1 18% – 1% 22% 10.20%
6% 6% /5
6. Cherry: RA 8.60%
2 2 2
Var 1/ 4
2 .17 – .086 2 .11 – .086 –.02 – .086 .03 – .00623
.086 .14 – .086
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