Question 2

An investor estimates that next years net income for Hilary Pullman Hotel would be RM 8 million. The company has 0.5 million shares outstanding and decided to pay RM 0.5 million to the preferred stockholders from its net income. Listed companies similar to Hilary Pullman Hotel have been recently reported to have an average price/earnings ratio of 4 times. Given the information, calculate the expected price of the stock and evaluate the problems in using Price/earnings ratio method of valuing the shares of a company. (6 Marks)

Question 3

Two securities PohKeong Gold and Mama Care are currently being considered by Jason. He is considering either to invest 100% in PohKeong Gold or building a portfolio that consist of both security 60% in PohKeong Gold and 40% in Mama Care. The probability distribution of expected returns of these assets are shown in the following table.

State of Economy, Probability, Return on PohKeong, Gold Return on Mama Care Bear, 0.30, 3%, 2% Bull, 0.70, 18%, 10%

(i) Calculate the expected return for each of the two alternatives. (4 Marks) (ii) Calculate the standard deviation of returns of the two alternatives. (6 Marks) (iii) Evaluate the investors decisions, based on the above calculations (4 Marks)