Analysis of 60 monthly rates of return on United Futon common stock indicates a beta of 1.54 and an alpha of -0.29% per month. A month later, the market is up by 5.9%, and United Futon is up by 6.9%. What is Futon's abnormal rate of return? Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Rate of return %

You've observed the following returns on Pine Computer's stock over the past five years: -26.7 percent, 14.8 percent, 32.6 percent, 2.9 percent, and 21.9 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616. c. What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Arithmetic average return b. Variance c. Standard deviation 96 %

Meadow Dew Corporation currently has an EPS of $4.00, and the benchmark PE for the company is 39. Earnings are expected to grow at 5 percent per year. a. What is your estimate of the current stock price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the target stock price in one year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c. Assuming the company pays no dividends, what is the implied return on the company's stock over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Current stock price b. Target stock price c. Implied return of stock %

Avondale Aeronautics has perpetual preferred stock outstanding with a par value of $100. The stock pays a quarterly dividend of $3.00 and its current price is $84. What is its nominal annual rate of return? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. ?  % What is its effective annual rate of return? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   ? %