Question

Suppose you forecast that the standard deviation of the market return will be 20% in the coming year. If the measure of risk aversion in is A = 4: a. What would be a reasonable guess for the expected market risk premium? b. What value of A is consistent with a risk premium of 9%? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. What will happen to the risk premium if investors become more risk tolerant?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 16%

b) 2.25

c) Increase in expected market risk premium

Explanation:

Expected standard deviation of market return = 20%

measure of risk aversion ( A ) = 4

a) Determine a reasonable  expected market risk premium

= A * ( std ) ^2

= 4 * ( 20%)^2

=  16%

b) determine Value of A

market risk premium = A * ( std )^2

∴ A = 9% / ( 20% ) ^2

      = 0.09 / 0.04

      = 2.25

c) If investors become more risk tolerant the expected market risk premium will increase