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Sorry, there's no other information needed. a) Describe what betting against beta strategy is? How is this strategy related to the Capital Asset Pricing Model?

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a) Describe what betting against beta strategy is? How is this strategy related to the Capital Asset Pricing Model? Set out and explain the determinants of its performance? (50% weighting) b) Go Consider the following limit-order book of Microsoft (with stock ticker: MSFT): Book Viewer BATS MSFT MICROSOFT CORP COM Orders Accepted Total Volume 181,810 4,864,186 BIDS ASKS - TOP OF BOOK SHARES 12.945 12 253 21,000 9.500 2.300 6,600 11,000 17,200 16,500 13.600 Last updated 11:34 25 LAST 10 TRADES PRICE TIME PRICE 24.0011:34:10 23.96 23.99 11:34:10 23.96 23.98 11:34:10 23.96 23.97 11:33.56 23.96 23.96 11:33:55 23.96 23.95 11:33.54 23.96 23.94 11:33.50 23.95 23.93 11:33.50 23.95 23.92 11:33.50 23.95 23.91 11:33.50 23.95 SHARES 100 450 700 100 100 100 200 100 100 100 (i) What is the best bid-ask spread of the limit order book? (10% weighting) If a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled? (10% weighting) (ii) (ii) When the next market buy order for 2500 shares comes in, calculate the average price at which it will be filled (10% weighting) (iv) Explain the factors that affect the costs of trading (20% weighting)

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