71. Returns on common stocks The return on a stock is the change in its market price plus any dividend payments made. Return is usually expressed as a percent of the beginning price. The figure shows a histogram of the distribution of monthly returns for the U.S. stock market over a 273-month period.33 Number of months 60 40 20 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 Monthly percent return on common stocks Starnes & Tabor, The Practice of Statistics, 6e, © 2018 Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers a. Describe the overall shape of the distribution of monthly returns. b. What is the approximate center of this distribution? c. Explain why you cannot find the exact value for the minimum return. Between what two values does it lie? d. A return less than 0 means that stocks lost value in that month. About what percent of all months had returns less than 0?

Follow up question about the Plot. What Pattern do you see in the residual plot? is it  A.The points are fairly evenly distributed in a rectangular pattern along the zero line. B.The points form a slight U shape around the zero line. C.Substantially more points are concentrated below the zero line than above it. D.The points spread in a fan shape left to right around the zero line.

Fill in the blanks in the following table. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.

Calculate the missing values and express your answers rounded to two decimal places. Cost Amount of Markup Selling Price Rate of Markup Rate of Markup on Cost on Selling Price a. $330.00 25.00% % b. $66.00 % 24.00%

- The percent increase in enrollment at a junior college for the last 5 years were 9.8%, 14.8%, 12.7%, 10.9% and 18.7%. Determine the geometric mean percent increase over the last 5 years.

Complete the following table and draw a graph showing how bond price for each bond changes over time as they move towards their maturity dates. Describe the relationship between bond prices and time remaining for maturity. Using the table below show all the calculations for every bond prices calculated  Years remaining to maturity BOND A Coupon rate = 8% p.a. Market interest rate = 6% p.a. BOND B Coupon rate = 6% p.a. Market interest rate = 6% p.a. BOND C Coupon rate = 4% p.a. Market interest rate = 6% p.a. 10       9       8       7       6       5       4       3       2       1       0

Suppose that a firm's sales were $3,750,000 five years ago and are $5,250,000 today. What was the geometric mean growth rate in sales over the past five years?

The following table shows the balance in a savings account, in dollars, in terms of time, measured as the number of years since the initial deposit was made. Explain in terms of interest rates how the account grew. (Round the ratios to three decimal places.) The yearly interest rate was % for the first 3 years, then Need Help? Submit Answer Time 0 1 2 3 Balance 250.00 262.50 275.63 289.41 Read It Time 4 5 6 Watch It Balance 300.98 313.02 325.54 % after that.

1. Find the geometric mean rate of return.    1yr: 10 percent  2yr: 20 percent  3yr: 30 percent  4yr: -40 percent

The rent for tenants in a building in 1940 was $30 per month. The landlord changes the rent based on the CPI-U. Use the CPI-U chart below to calculate the current rent in 2019. Round to the nearest dollar.   Year CPI-U 1940 14.0 1949 23.8 1983 99.6 2000 172.2 2005 195.3 2009 214.5 2014 236.0 2017 245.1 2019 255.7 2020 258.8