Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: Year Stock Market Return (%) T-Bill Return (%) 2013 35.90 0.21 2014 15.20 0.21 2015 -5.10 0.21 2016 16.90 0.08 2017 25.90 0.10 a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Year Risk Premium 2013 % 2014 % 2015 % 2016 % 2017 % b. What was the average risk premium? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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Assume these are the stock market and Treasury bill returns for a 5-year period:

 

Year   Stock Market Return (%) T-Bill Return (%)
2013   35.90 0.21        
2014   15.20 0.21        
2015   -5.10 0.21        
2016   16.90 0.08        
2017   25.90 0.10        
 

a. What was the risk premium on common stock in each year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
 
Year Risk Premium
2013   %
2014   %
2015   %
2016   %
2017   %
 
 

b. What was the average risk premium? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

c. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium? (Ignore that the estimation is from a sample of data.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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