Consider the following information:   State Probability Stock A Stock B Stock C   Boom 0.32 -0.15 0.04 -0.14   Bust 0.68 0.01 0.03. 0.27   What is the expected return of a portfolio that has invested $7,525 in Stock A, $18,067 in Stock B, and $6,092 in Stock C? (Hint: calculate weights of each stock first). Enter the answer with 4 decimals (e.g. 0.1234).

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true? 1) The real rate of interest is determined by the supply and demand for funds. II) The real rate of interest is determined by the expected rate of inflation. III) The real rate of interest is unaffected by actions of the Fed. IV) The real rate of interest is equal to the nominal interest rate plus the expected rate of inflation. III and IV only. I only. OII and III only. O, II, III, and IV only. OI and III only.

Suppose you invest $100, $410, and $640 of your wealth into a stock, the market, and a risk - free asset, respectively. The beta of the stock is 1.3. What is the beta of the portfolio? Enter your answer rounded to 3 DECIMAL PLACES. Enter your response below.

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. A B C Po 82 42 84 Rate of return 00 100 Divisor 200 200 P1 87 37 94 01 100 200 200 % P2 87 Required: a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t= 1). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 370 47 92 100 200 400 b. What will be the divisor for the price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. Calculate the rate of return of the price-weighted index for the second period (t=1 to t=2).

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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. ABC Po 86 46 92 le 100 200 200 Rate of return P1 91 41 102 Q1 100 1.89 % 200 200 P2 91 41 51 Required: a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t = 1). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 22 100 200 400

Consider the following information: Stock Return if Market Return Is: Stock –13% 10% A 0 14 B –5 21 C –25 36 D 10 8 E 15 -10   What is the beta of each of the stocks? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Use decimals, not percents, in your calculations. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)       Stock Beta A   B   C   D   E

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 (t=2). Po A 100 B 60 C 120 Qo 100 200 200 P₁ 105 55 130 Rate of return b. An equally weighted index. Rate of return Q₁ 100 200 200 % P2 % 105 55 65 Calculate the first-period rates of return on the following indexes of the three stocks (t = O to t = 1): (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) a. A market value-weighted index. Q2 100 200 400

You decide to form a portfolio of the following amounts invested in the following stocks. What is the expected return of the portfolio? SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN INPUT THE NUMBER AS PERCENTAGE ROUNDING TO 2 DECIMALS. DO NOT ENTER THE % SYMBOL..i.e. if your answer is 7.7711%, enter it as 7.77. Stock Apple Microsoft Ford Time Warner Amount Beta Expected Return $1,125 2.40 10.50% $4,649 0.73 16.90% $9,502 1.95 15.75% $1,831 1.27 11.80%

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 A B C Po 90 45 80 90 425 450 650 a. Rate of return b. New divisor c. Rate of return P1 95 40 90 91 425 450 650 % P2 Required: a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t= 1). Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. b. Calculate the new divisor for the price-weighted index in year 2. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. c. Calculate the rate of return for the second period (t=1 to t = 2). Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. % 92 425 450 95 40 45 1,300