Consider the following information on two stocks: P(State) Stock A Stock B Boom 20% 30% 20% Normal 50% 12% -5% Slow 15% 4% 8% Recession 15% -10% 10% Calculate the correlation (A,B). (Enter percentages as decimals and round to 4 decimals)

The following table displays hypothetical stock quotations. Use the information in the table to answer the questions that follow. Listed Stock Quotes Company Ticker High Low Last Price* Net Change** YTD %*** Div. Yield P/E Ratio MarkMin MM 93.06 67.68 84.60 4.56 1.66 0 46 MarlRedBiro MRB 14.00 9.15 10.77 2.01 7.19 6.0 10 TStar TS 341.06 221.69 284.22 2.70 5.02 2.4 26 *Last price for the day **Net change in price from previous day ***Year-to-date percentage change in stock price   Of the three stocks listed, a retiree who lives partially off of investment income would be best off holding      because of its     .   You can calculate that MarkMin had per-share earnings for the most recent 12-month period of     .   If you had purchased 100 shares of TStar stock yesterday at the last price of the day, you would have      of      if you sold all 100 shares at the last price today.

Consider a market value-weighted index consisting of 3 stocks: A, B, and C. The stocks' prices at time 0 (p0) and time 1 (p1) are given below, along with the number of shares outstanding. Calculate the index levels at time 0. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 3.205%, then please write down 0.0321. stock p0 p1 outstanding shares 43 45 200 69 50 500 11 12 600 A B C

Use the information in the following stock quote to answer the question: As of February 1, 2XX1 Name Symbol Open High Low Close Net Chg Div Yield PE Target TGT 87.01 87.32 86.75 87.05 -0.32 2.56 2.93 16.76   What was Target’s earnings per share over the last year?  (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

What is Stock X's geometric returns if it has the following returns? Year 1 8% Year 2 - 5% Year 3 10% Year 4 - 6% Year 5 15% a. 4.1%. b. 5.2% c. 6.8% d. 8.5%

A stock has had the following year-end prices and dividends: Year 1 2355N 4 6 Price $ 64.63 71.50 77.30 63.57 73.71 82.75 Dividend Arithmetic average return Geometric average return $.66 .71 .77 .86 .93 What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. % %

Use the portion of the stock table shown below to answer the questions that follow. Round dollar amounts to the nearest cent, if necessary. YTD %CHG 52- HI Week LO STOCK DIV YLD % VOL 100s CLOSE NET CHG 2.8 37.43 21.10 A1 0.99 3.7 789 27.02 –0.1 2.4 48.30 30.78 B1 ... 1303 41.68 0.4 If you purchased 400 shares of B1 stock at $45.03, what would the loss be if the shares were sold at the closing price indicated in the table.

Given the time series of historical stock returns below, what is the standard deviation? (Hint: theexpected return is 4%)Time Period 1 2 3 4 5return (%) 5% -7% 12% 13% -3%   a. 7.585%b. 0.79%c. 8.888%d. 2.155%

A stock has had the following year-end prices and dividends: Year 1234 in 10 5 6 Price $64.68 71.55 77.35 63.62 73.81 83.25 Dividend Arithmetic average return. Geometric average return $.67 .72 .78 .87 .94 What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.. 32.16. % %

Problem 2-12 (Algo) Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two for one in the last period. Stock Po A B P1 01 P2 02 00 140 145 145 145 145 145 135 290 130 290 130 290 270 290 280 290 145 580 C Required: Calculate the first-period rates of return on the following indexes of the three stocks (t = 0 to t = 1): Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. a. A market-value-weighted index. b. An equally weighted index. a. Rate of return b. Rate of return % %