UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2021/2022
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BUSS 306: EVALUATION OF BUSINESS INVESTMENTS
FULLTIME/ PART TIME/ DISTANCE LERNING
DATE: DECEMBER, 2021 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One and any other Two Questions
QUESTION ONE:
Mr. Penda is very happy with the current aspects of encouraging investments through the security
exchange. He wishes to put some money on A-Corporation shares traded on the securities
exchange. He has approached you for an evaluation. The return on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(NSE) and A-Corporation shares are shown below for the five possible states of the economy that
might prevail next year.
Economic Probability Market Return: A-Corp
Required:
a) What is the expected return of A-corporation shares (4 Marks)
b) What is the correlation coefficient between the returns on the NSE with the return on A corporation shares (6 Marks)
c) Comment on the results obtained in (b) above (2 Marks)
d) Mr.Kamau is thinking of undertaking an alternative project similar to A-Corporation. If the risk
free rate of return is 6%, what will be the required rate of return of this project? Explain the basis
of your computation (8 Marks)
(Total: 20 Marks)
QUESTION TWO.
a) Highlight any four assumptions of the capital asset pricing model (8 Marks)
b) A prospective investor is considering buying shares of Equity commercial bank ltd and has
approached you for advice.
You have obtained the following information relating to the returns on the market portfolio and on
the shares of SCB Ltd over the years shown below:
Year ended 31st Return on market Return on SCB
You have also ascertained that the average rate of return on treasury bills has been 10% per annum
and this rate is not expected to change in the foreseeable future.
Required:
1) Expected return for the market portfolio and SCB Ltd.’s shares (2 Marks)
2) Using the capital asset pricing model(CAPM) advise the prospective investor on whether he
should buy the shares of the firm or not (5 Marks)
(Total: 15 Marks)
QUESTION THREE:
a) A fund is split between two securities X and Y. The following data relate to these securities:
Variance of asset Y (∂2
Required:
The proportions that an extremely risk-averse individual would place in a portfolio comprising of
asset X and Y to obtain a minimum standard deviation (7 Marks)
b) Differentiate between the following terms as applied in finance:
i. Systematic risk and Unsystematic risk (2 Marks )
ii. Asset Allocation and Asset pricing (2 Marks)
iii. Capital Asset pricing model and Arbitrage pricing model (2 Marks)
iv. Efficient Market hypothesis and portfolio theory (2 Marks)
(Total: 15 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) Efficient market hypothesis by Eugene fama is a popular theory in the field of market microstructure’’.
Required:
Explain the proposition of the theory citing how the theory may be applied in pricing of financial
assets (5 Marks)
b) You have observed the following returns over time
Stock Stock Market return
The risk free rate of return is 10 %.
Required
i) Compute the Beta coefficient of stock A and B and interpret the results
(6 Marks)
ii) Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) determine the required rate of returns
for both stocks A and B (2 Marks)
iii) Would you advise Onyango a prospective investor to invest in stock A and B?
Explain. (2 Marks)
(Total: 15 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) ‘’Trenor was the first scholar to introduce a composite measure of portfolio performance known
as the Trenor’s measure/Trenor’s Alpha. Outline any three limitations of this measure of portfolio
performance (6 Marks)
b) Omega investment unit want to invest in securities x and y of firms in two different industries.
The following information
Required
i) Determine the expected portfolio return (2 Marks)
ii) Determine the Beta factor of the portfolio (2 Marks)
iii) Explain and proof what happens to the portfolio risk if the returns of two securities are
perfect positively correlated. (5 Marks)
(Total: 15 Marks)
