ECOM119 Primary Markets and Securities 2021
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Late Summer Resit Examination Period 2021
ECOM119 Primary Markets and Securities
Question 1
Compute the betas of Alibaba and Amazon, using daily returns, separately for 2020 January to 2020 September, and 2020 October to today. You can download historical stock and market return data from the respective stock exchanges or any other platform of your choice (e.g., Morningstar, or Yahoo Finance).
a. Explain all your sources, steps and choices in arriving at the numbers.
[10 marks]
b. Discuss the changes in Alibaba’s beta. Speculate about the reasons for its development.
[20 marks]
c. Calculate the expected returns for Alibaba for the next year. Which beta would you use and why?
[20 marks]
Question 2
Comment on the planned Ant Financial IPO of November 2020. Use your responses to question 1 to back up your answers.
a. In retrospect, what were the main risks of the Ant Financial IPO, and how would you have priced them?
[25 marks]
b. Would these risks affect underpricing, and why or why not?
[25 marks]
2022-01-13