1 (60 marks)
Question 1
The Advtech Group is a JSE listed company in South Africa. Advtech operates within the
education and recruitment industries in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
JSE 100 is an index on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Advtech is a constituent of
JSE 100 its weight in the index is given in table 1 above.
.1 Consider an investor with a portfolio consisting only of Advtech shares. The Treasury bill
rate in 2014 was 3.06% in South Africa. Using dividend yield as (returns). Calculate the
Sharpe ratio for Advtech.
(20 marks)
cabine for an investor whohout Adutech shares on 2 lanuary

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%