You are considering an investment in either individual stocks or a portfolio of stocks. The two stocks you are researching, stocks A and B, have the following historical returns: Year rA rB 2009 -20.00% -5.00% 2010 42.00 15.00 2011 20.00 -13.00 2012 -8.00 50.00 2013 25.00 12.00 a. Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the 5-year period. b. Suppose you had 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. d. If you are a risk-averse investor, then, assuming these are your only choices, would you prefer to hold Stock A, Stock B, or the portfolio? Why?

An analyst gathered the following information for a stock and market parameters: stock beta = 1.23; expected return on the Market = 9.32%; expected return on T-bills = 4.75%; current stock Price = $9.08; expected stock price in one year = $13.1; expected dividend payment next year = $3.8. Calculate the expected return for this stock. Please share your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places.

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…

What is the volatility of a certain stock index from 2019 to 2022? The return for each year is given by: 4,30%, 10,75%, 2,05%, and 12,70%. Calculate the average return over the four-year period. Then, determine the volatility (standard deviation) of the stock index returns.

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: Year TA TB 2017 -17.00% -8.00% 2018 34.00 14.00 2019 29.00 -18.00 2020 -5.00 55.00 2021 21.00 19.00 a. Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the 5-year period. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Stock A: 12.40 % Stock B: 12.40 b. Suppose you had 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? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Negative values, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign.

Stocks A and B have the following historical returns:YearStock A's Returns, raStock B's Returns, ra2016(18.60%)(14.50%)201734.2520.40201814.7539.902019(1.00)(9.70)202026.7520.05a. Calculate the average rate of return for each stock during the period 2016 through 2020. Round your answers to two decimal places.Stock A:11.23%Stock B:11.23%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.YearPortfolio2016-16.55%201727.33201827.33%2019-5.35202023.40What would the average return on the portfolio have been during this period? Round your answer to two decimal places.11.23c. Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio. Round your answers to two decimal places.Stock AStock BPortfolioStandard Deviationd. Calculate the coefficient of variation for each…

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) 2.3% D) 5.0% E) 16.0%   Answer: C) 2.3% Please show the steps.

Calculate the Holding Period Return (HPR) for the portfolio of the three stocks mentioned in Table 1. Calculate the Holding Period Return (HPR) for each of the stock A, B, and C individually given in Table 1. C. Based upon your calculations, evaluate the Holding Period Return (HPR) to exhibit what change in wealth has taken place?

How do i start this question? 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.

During the last four years, you owned two stocks that have had the following annual rates of return. Year KEX KW 2014 0.13 -0.08 2015 0.05 0.21 2016 0.07 0.06 2017 0.09 0.15 Compute the arithmetic mean annual return for EACH stock Compute the standard deviation of the annual rate of return for EACH stock   Taking the results of (i) and (ii) into consideration, which stock is preferable? Why?   Compute the geometric mean annual return for EACH stock