A global equity manager is assigned to select stocks from a universe of large stocks throughout the world. The manager will beevaluated by comparing her returns to the return on the MSCI World Market Portfolio, but she is free to hold stocks from variouscountries in whatever proportions she finds desirable Results for a given month are contained in the following table:CountryU.K.JapanU.S.GermanyWeight InMSCI IndexAdded value0.320.450.20.03Manager'sWeight0.30.20.190:31Contribution of country allocationManager's Returnin Country25%17107Required:a. Calculate the total value added of all the manager's decisions this period. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round youranswer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)Return of Stock Indexfor That Country15%17561315b. Calculate the value added (or subtracted) by her country allocation decisions. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round youranswer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

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A global equity manager is assigned to select stocks from a universe of large stocks throughout the world. The manager will be evaluated by comparing her returns to the return on the MSCI World Market Portfolio, but she is free to hold stocks from various countries in whatever proportions she finds desirable Results for a given month are contained in the following table Country U.K. Japan U.S. Germany Weight In MSCI Index Added value 0.32 0.45 0.2 0.03 Manager's Weight 0.3 0.2 0.19 0.31 Manager's Return in Country 25% 17 10 Return of Stock Index for That Country 17 13 15 Required: a. Calculate the total value added of all the manager's decisions this period (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

A global equity manager is assigned to select stocks from a universe of large stocks throughout the world. The manager will be evaluated by comparing her returns to the return on the MSCI World Market Portfolio, but she is free to hold stocks from various countries in whatever proportions she finds desirable Results for a given month are contained in the following table Country U.K. Japan U.S. Germany Weight In MSCI Index Added value 0.32 0.45 0.2 0.03 Manager's Weight 0.3 0.2 0.19 0.31 Manager's Return in Country 25% 17 10 Return of Stock Index for That Country 17 13 15 Required: a. Calculate the total value added of all the manager's decisions this period (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

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Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

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Chapter17: Multinational Financial Management

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