How is this set-up to solve? Ford Stock I) & II) were in previous question GM stock produced the following monthly returns (January - May): 5%, 8%, -2%, 12%, and 15%. Ford stock produced the following monthly returns (January - May): 1%, 10%, 6%, 3%, and 2%. I) Calculate the average return for each stock. II) Calculate the standard deviation of monthly return for each stock. III) Calculate the correlation coefficient between GM and Ford stocks.

Year Return The last four years of returns for a stock are as follows: 1 - 3.6% 2 27.6% 3 4 11.9% 4.1% a. What is the average annual return? b. What is the variance of the stock's returns? c. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns?

You've observed the following returns on Pine Computer's stock over the past five years: -26.7 percent, 14.8 percent, 32.6 percent, 2.9 percent, and 21.9 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., .161616. c. What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Arithmetic average return b. Variance c. Standard deviation 96 %

Here are the returns on two stocks. Digital Executive Cheese Fruit January +15 +7 February -3 +1 March +5 +4 April +7 +13 May -4 +2 June +3 +5 July -2 -3 August -8 -2 Required: a-1. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. a-2. Which stock is riskier if held on its own? b. Now calculate the returns in each month of a portfolio that invests an equal amount each month in the two stocks. c. Is the variance more or less than halfway between the variance of the two individual stocks? Answer is not complete. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req A1 Req A2 Req B Req C Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Variance Standard deviation Digital Cheese Retum 7.75% Executive Fruit Return 26.55 % 2.79 X 5.15 x Reg A1 Req A2 >