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: % Stock B: 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. % Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Average return c. Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. FA FB Portfolio % % %6 % % M₁ % Std. Dev. d. Suppose you are a risk-averse investor. Assuming Stocks A and B are your only choices, would you prefer to hold Stock A, Stock B, or the portfolio? Why? A risk-averse investor should choose Select-, since it offers -Select- expected return with -Select- risk. Portfolio % 96

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: % Stock B: 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. % Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Average return c. Calculate the standard deviation of returns for each stock and for the portfolio. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. FA FB Portfolio % % %6 % % M₁ % Std. Dev. d. Suppose you are a risk-averse investor. Assuming Stocks A and B are your only choices, would you prefer to hold Stock A, Stock B, or the portfolio? Why? A risk-averse investor should choose Select-, since it offers -Select- expected return with -Select- risk. Portfolio % 96

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You are trying to develop a strategy for investing in two different stocks. The anticipated annual return for a $1,000 investment in each stock under four different economic conditions has the probability distribution shown to the right. Complete parts (a) through (c) below. Probability 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 a. Compute the expected return for stock X and for stock Y. The expected return for stock X is (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) Economic Condition Recession Slow growth Moderate growth Fast growth Returns Stock X Stock Y - 40 30 80 150 - 110 40 140 210
You own a portfolio that has $1,331 invested in Stock A and $2,857 invested in Stock B. If the expected returns on these stocks are 0.08 and -0.01, respectively, what is the expected return on the portfolio? Enter the answer with 4 decimals (e.g. 0.1234).
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