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Use the information in the table below (related to Tostitos Corp.) to answer the following questions. Economic State Probability (%) Return (%) Deep Recession 10

  1. Use the information in the table below (related to Tostitos Corp.) to answer the following questions.

    1. Economic State

      Probability (%) Return (%)

      Deep Recession

      10

      -15

      Recession

      20

      -10

      Normal Economy

      50

      2

      Economic Expansion

      20

      15

      What is the expected return for Tostitos Corp.s stock? [3 points]

    2. What is the Tostitos Corps standard deviation of returns? [4 points]

    3. What is the 95% confidence interval associated with the returns of Tostitos Corp.s

      stock? [3 points]

  2. You form a two-stock portfolio by combining Tostitos Corp.s stock (from Question 3 above) along with the stock of TD Bank. TD Bank has a marginal tax rate of 25% and a cost of debt of 3.25%. TD Banks stock has an expected return of 9%, a standard deviation of returns of 25%, and a correlation coefficient with Tostitos Corp.s returns of 0.65

    1. If you wish to create a portfolio with an expected return of 5%, what is the weight of each of Tostitos Corp. and TD Bank that you would hold? [4 points]

    2. What is the standard deviation of returns of this portfolio? [3 points]

    3. What is the 95% confidence interval associated with this portfolio? [3 points]

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