On your first day as an intern at Tri-Star Management Pty Ltd, the CEO asks you to analyse the following information pertaining to two ordinary share investments, Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited. You are told that a one-year Treasury note will have a rate of return of 5% over the next year. Also, information from an investment advisory service lists the current beta for Aussie Traders as 1.68 and for Blue Star 0.52. You are provided a series of questions to guide your analysis: Economy Probability Estimated rate of return Aussie Traders Blue Star Limited ASX 200 Recession 30% -20% 5% -4% Average 20% 15% 6% 11% Expansion 35% 30% 8% 17% Boom 15% 50% 10% 27% 1. Using the above data, calculate the expected return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200 Index. (2 MARKS) 2. Calculate the standard deviations of the estimated rates of return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200. (2 MARKS) 3. Which is a better measure of risk for the ordinary shares of Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited the standard deviation you calculated or the beta? Why? (1 MARK) 4. Based on the beta provided, what is the expected rate of return for Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited for the next year? (1 MARK) 5. If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $50,000 in Aussie Traders and $100,000 in Blue Star, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) 6. If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $100,000 in Blue Star and $50,000 in Aussie Traders, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) 7. Which of these two-share portfolios do you prefer? Why? (1 MARK)

Group Assignment Questions On your first day as an intern at Tri-Star Management Pty Ltd, the CEO asks you to analyse the following information pertaining to two ordinary share investments, Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited. You are told that a one-year Treasury note will have a rate of return of 5% over the next year. Also, information from an investment advisory service lists the current beta for Aussie Traders as 1.68 and for Blue Star 0.52. You are provided a series of questions to guide your analysis: Economy Probability Estimated rate of return Aussie TradersBlue Star Limited Recession Avera Expansion Boom 30% 20% 35% 15% 20% 15% 30% 50% 5% 6% 896 10% ASX 200 -4% 11% 17% 27% 1. Using the above data, calculate the expected return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200 Index. (2 MARKS) Calculate the standard deviations of the estimated rates of return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200. (2 MARKS) Which is a better measure of risk for the ordinary shares of Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited- the standard deviation you calculated or the beta? Why? (1 MARK) Based on the beta provided, what is the expected rate of return for Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited for the next year? (1 MARK) If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $50,000 in Aussie Traders and $100,000 in Blue Star, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $100,000 in Blue Star and $50,000 in Aussie Traders, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) Which of these two-share portfolios do you prefer? Why? (1 MARK) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Group Assignment Questions On your first day as an intern at Tri-Star Management Pty Ltd, the CEO asks you to analyse the following information pertaining to two ordinary share investments, Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited. You are told that a one-year Treasury note will have a rate of return of 5% over the next year. Also, information from an investment advisory service lists the current beta for Aussie Traders as 1.68 and for Blue Star 0.52. You are provided a series of questions to guide your analysis: Economy Probability Estimated rate of return Aussie TradersBlue Star Limited Recession Avera Expansion Boom 30% 20% 35% 15% 20% 15% 30% 50% 5% 6% 896 10% ASX 200 -4% 11% 17% 27% 1. Using the above data, calculate the expected return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200 Index. (2 MARKS) Calculate the standard deviations of the estimated rates of return for Aussie Traders, Blue Star Limited and ASX 200. (2 MARKS) Which is a better measure of risk for the ordinary shares of Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited- the standard deviation you calculated or the beta? Why? (1 MARK) Based on the beta provided, what is the expected rate of return for Aussie Traders and Blue Star Limited for the next year? (1 MARK) If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $50,000 in Aussie Traders and $100,000 in Blue Star, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) If you are to form a two-share portfolio by investing $100,000 in Blue Star and $50,000 in Aussie Traders, what is the portfolio beta and the expected rate of return? (1.5 MARKS) Which of these two-share portfolios do you prefer? Why? (1 MARK) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7