The following three defense stocks are to be combined into a stock index in January 2019 (perhaps a portfolio manager believes these stocks are an appropriate benchmark for his or her performance): Douglas McDonnell Dynamics General International Rockwell Shares (millions) 415 2019 return 2020 return 225 350 % % 1/1/19 $ 84 23 52 Price 1/1/20 $ 89 16 41 a. Calculate the initial value of the index if a price-weighting scheme is used. Index value 1/1/21 $106 30 55 b. What is the rate of return on this index for the year ending December 31, 2019? For the year ending December 31, 2020? (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

The price of a stock was $45 at the beginning of 2019. If it showed a return of 8% at the end of 2019 and is projected to show a return of 14% at the end of 2020, what should the stock price be at the end of 2020?

Given the following price and dividend information, calculate the lower bound to the 95th confidence interval. (Enter percentages as decimals and round to 4 decimals) Stock: MSFT Year Price Dividend 2017 $ 64.65 2018 $ 95.01 $ 1.72 2019 $ 104.43 $ 1.89 2020 $ 107.23 $ 2.09 2021 $231.96 $ 2.30 2022 $310.98 $ 2.54 2023 $247.81 $ 3.00

es The following three defense stocks are to be combined into a stock index in January 2022 (perhaps a portfolio manager believes these stocks are an appropriate benchmark for his or her performance): Douglas McDonnell Dynamics General International Rockwell Index value Shares (millions) 420 450 250 2022 return 2023 return a. Calculate the initial value of the index if a price-weighting scheme is used. 1/1/22 $ 63 53 82 Price 1/1/23 $ 67 47 71 % % b. What is the rate of return on this index for the year ending December 31, 2022? For the year ending December 31, 2023? Note: A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. 1/1/24 $ 84 61 87

Consider 2 stocks in the following table. We create a stock index of companies that make stuff for Spring Break. stocks PO Q0 P1 Q1 ABC, Inc. $850P0 150Q0 $ 830P1 150Q1 XYZ, Inc. $510P0 400Q0 $550P1 400Q1 What is the initial portfolio weight for stock ABC in a Price - weighted index of these two stocks

Stocks A and B have the following historical returns: Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Stock A's Returns, ra (15.40%) 29.00 14.25 (5.00) 26.00 Stock B's Returns, ra (15.80%) 21.10 37.30 (6.20) 12.45 a. Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the period 2016 through 2020. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock A: Stock B: b. Assume that someone held a portfolio consisting of 50% of Stock A and 50% of Stock B. What would the realized rate of return on the portfolio have been each year Round your answers to two decimal places. Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Portfolio CV Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 What would the average return on the portfolio have been during this period? Round your answer to two decimal places. % % % c. Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock A Stock B Portfolio Standard Deviation d. Calculate the coefficient of variation for each…

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You are given the daily closing prices of a stock from Jan 1, 2018 to Jan 5, 2018: Date Stock price Jan 1 Jan 2 Jan 3 Jan 4 Jan 5 A 5.00 B 5.50 C 6.00 At the end of Jan 1, 2018, Jie purchased the following options that expire on Jan 5, 2018: (a) Arithmetic average strike Asian call option. (b) Up-and-in call option with a barrier of 110 and strike of 105. For both options, the underlying asset is the stock and the payoff is determined using the last 4 daily closing prices. Determine Jie's total payoff on Jan 5, 2018. D Possible Answers E 105 6.50 109 7.00 112 110 111

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Consider the following annual closing prices of stock A, values of market index (S&P 500) and Treasury bills rate. A B C с D Date Stock A Prices (in $) Market Index Value Risk Free Rate (in %) 2 Period 1 119 3 Period 2 100 11829 11843 9639 88 131 12854 9580 11640 8469 11412 9115 10682 NOSAWNH 1 4 Period 3 Period 4 6 Period 5 7 Period 6 8 Period 7 9 Period 8 10 Period 9 11 Period 10 12 O 1.1 13 What is the value of CAPM beta for stock A? O 1.4666 O 1.8333 O2.0533 82 113 O 0.3666 65 109 95 113 1.48 1.76 1.64 1.2 1.43 1.36 1.3 1.72 1.71 1.77