Suppose we have the following returns for large-company stocks and Treasury bills over a six-year period:   Year Large-Company US Treasury Bill 1    3.97 6.59 2   14.34 4.42 3   19.23 4.29 4 −14.45 7.32 5 −31.94 5.28 6   37.47 5.38     a. Calculate the arithmetic average returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this time period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Calculate the standard deviation of the returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this time period. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c-1. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the arithmetic average risk premium over this period? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c-2. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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Suppose we have the following returns for large-company stocks and Treasury bills over a six-year period:
 
Year Large-Company US Treasury Bill
1    3.97 6.59
2   14.34 4.42
3   19.23 4.29
4 −14.45 7.32
5 −31.94 5.28
6   37.47 5.38
 

 

a. Calculate the arithmetic average returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this time period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b. Calculate the standard deviation of the returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this time period. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-1. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the arithmetic average risk premium over this period? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c-2. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
   
 
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