he historical returns for the past three years for Stock B and the stock market portfolio are Stock B: 24 percent, 0 percent, 24 percent; market portfolio: 10 percent, 12 percent, 20 percent. Calculate the beta for Stock B. 1 1.17 1.13 0.86

A stock had returns of 8%, 14%, and 2% for the past three years. Based on these returns, what is the probability that this stock will earn at least 20% in any one given year? A) 0.5% B) 1.0% C)3% D) 5.0% E) 16.0%

Two common stocks, Consolidated Edison and Apple, have the following expected return and standard deviation of return over the next year: Common stock Expected rate of return Standard deviation Consolidated Edison 12% 6% Apple 20% 15% Additionally, assume that the correlation coefficient of returns on the two securities is +0.50. For a portfolio consisting of 75 percent of the funds invested in Consolidated Edison and the remainder in Apple, determine the following: 41-45) Expected rate of return on the portfolio 46-50) Standard deviation of the rate of return

You observed that the most recent price of a stock was $50. If the stock's dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% per year, what is the estimated stock price in year 1 (i.e., P₁)? O $47.17 O $53.00 O $42.65 O $58.25

Review the following market information: Current Stock Market Return                    11.25% Current T-Bill Price                                       $979.43 Historic T-Bill Average Return                   2.80% Historic Stock Market Average Return     8.10% Stock Beta                                                     1.23 What is the required return (rounded to two places)?

Suppose that a stock gave a realized return of 15% over a two-year time period and a 5% return over the third year. The geometric average annual return is: ..... O A. 5.78% В. 8.67% C. 9.83% O D. 11.57%

The historical returns data for the past three years for Company A's stock is -6.0%, 15%, 15% and that of the market portfolio is 10%, 10% and 16%. According to the security market line (SML), the Stock A is:A. Over priced B. Under priced C. Correctly pricedD. Need more information

9. You are considering an investment in either individual stocks or a portfolio of stocks. The two stocks you are researching, Stock A and Stock B, have the following historical returns: Return Year Stock A Stock B 2014 -0.2 -0.05 2015 0.42 0.15 2016 0.2 -0.13 2017 -0.08 0.5 2018 0.25 0.12 a. Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the 5-year period. b. Suppose you held a portfolio consisting of 50% of Stock A and 50% of Stock B. What would have been the realized rate of return on the portfolio in each year? What would have been the average return on the portfolio during this period? c. Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio.

What is the SD for a stock that has annual returns for 4 years 6%,-4%,8% and -12%?  9.0 9.3 9.6 8.3 8.7

Consider the rate of return of stocks ABC and XYZ. Year 1 2 3 4 ABC XYZ ABC 22% 9 19 1 O ABC Ⓒ XYZ ABC XYZ Required: a. Calculate the arithmetic average return on these stocks over the sample period. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) XYZ 38% 11 19 -11 Arithmetic Average b. Which stock has greater dispersion around the mean return? c. Calculate the geometric average returns of each stock. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Expected rate of return 11.40 % 11.40 % Geometric Average Expected rate of return d. If you were equally likely to earn a return of 22%, 9%, 19%, 6%, or 1%, in each year (these are the five annual returns for stock ABC), what would be your expected rate of return? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. What if the five possible outcomes were those of stock XYZ? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2…