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- SECURITY MARKET LINE You are given the following historical data on market returns, r, and the returns on Stocks A and B, r, and rp: 8A-2 M' A Year 1 29.00% 29.00% 20.00% 2 15.20 15.20 13.10 (10.00) (10.00) 0.50 4 3.30 3.30 7.15 5 23.00 23.00 17.00 31.70 31.70 21.35Intro You've collected the following historical rates of return for stocks A and B: Year (t) FA,t FB,t 2016 0.02 0.01 2015 0.08 0.05 2014 0.17 0.07Directions: Compute the returns, average of returns and standard deviation of the following stocks and the PSEI. 1. 2. AGI SM Year Stock Return x x (x--x)² Year Stock Return x x (x-x)² Price Price 30/1/2014 27.100 30/1/2014 704.500 28/2/2014 30.000 28/2/2014 694.000 31/3/2014 28.500 31/3/2014 705.000 30/4/2014 31.150 30/4/2014 725.000 30/5/2014 29.650 30/5/2014 786.000 30/6/2014 29.100 30/6/2014 816.000 31/7/2014 26.350 31/7/2014 797.000 29/8/2014 24.600 29/8/2014 772.000 30/9/2014 26.000 30/9/2014 803.500 31/10/2014 25.300 31/10/2014 783.500 28/11/2014 24.800 28/11/2014 804.500 29/12/2014 22.550 29/12/2014 815.000 PSEI Year Stock Return x X (x-X)? 30/6/2014 6,844.31 Price 31/7/2014 6,864.82 30/1/2014 6,041.19 29/8/2014 7,050.89 3. 28/2/2014 6,424.99 30/9/2014 7,283.07 31/10/2014 7,215.73 31/3/2014 6,428.71 28/11/2014 7,294.38 30/4/2014 6,707.91 29/12/2014 7,230.57 30/5/2014 6,647.65
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