Here are the percentage returns on two stocks.DigitalExecutiveMonthCheeseFruitJanuaryFebruary14%68-31March64AprilMay814-42June6JulyAugust-2-4-8-2a-1. Calculate the monthly variance and standard deviation of each stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round youranswers to 1 decimal places.)Executive FruitDigital CheeseVarianceStandard deviation %a-2. Which stock is the riskier if held on its own?Digital Cheese

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Here are the percentage returns on two stocks. Digital Executive Fruit Cheese 14% 4% Month January February March April May June July August 6 8 Variance Standard deviation % Digital Cheese 2 4 14 a-1. Calculate the monthly variance and standard deviation of each stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 1 decimal places.) -3 47.5 69X Executive Fruit 23 2 4.8 X
The last four years of returns for a stock are as follows: Year Return 1 - 4.3% 2 28.1% 3 11.6% 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? a. What is the average annual return? The average return is%. (Round to two decimal places.) 4 3.7%
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Consider the rate of return of stocks ABC and XYZ. Year 1 2 3 4 ABC XYZ ABC 22% 9 19 1 O ABC Ⓒ XYZ ABC XYZ Required: a. Calculate the arithmetic average return on these stocks over the sample period. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) XYZ 38% 11 19 -11 Arithmetic Average b. Which stock has greater dispersion around the mean return? c. Calculate the geometric average returns of each stock. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Expected rate of return 11.40 % 11.40 % Geometric Average Expected rate of return d. If you were equally likely to earn a return of 22%, 9%, 19%, 6%, or 1%, in each year (these are the five annual returns for stock ABC), what would be your expected rate of return? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. What if the five possible outcomes were those of stock XYZ? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2…
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The following table has expected returns and variance-covariance of five stocks. The T-Bill rate is 3. Variance-Covariance Returns V F GM WMT Y V 27.226 588.659 -275.078 -319.948 -36.805 -93.170 F 11.653 -275.078 5716.621 22.772 56.588 52.187 GM 4.633 -319.948 22.772 729.510 569.730 -258.506 WMT 12.905 -36.805 56.588 569.730 932.361 367.376 Y 6.908 -93.170 52.187 -258.506 367.376 1466.966 T-Bill 3.000 questions a) determine the Tangency portfolio weights and calculate its expected return, standard deviation and Sharpe Ratio. Assume short sales are allowed. Write the equation of risk-return relations. b) determine the Tangency portfolio and calculate its expected return, standard deviation and Sharpe Ratio assuming…
(10). The table below presents the price of stock A and the points of a market index over the last four moths. Month 1 3 4 A 100 105 108 103 1112 1150 1200 1190 a. The holding period logarithmic return of stock A equals: A. 12%; B. 8.85%; C. 13,97%; D. b. The beta coefficient of stock A equals: A. 0,64; B. 0,19; C. 1,64; D. ...... % c. The estimated alpha coefficient from the market model equals d. The coefficient of determination from the market model equals
If the return on stock A in year 1 was 14 %, in year 2 was 19 %, in year 3 was 17 % and in year 4 was -9 %, what was the standard deviation of returns for stock A over this four year period? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place and record without a percent sign. If your final answer is negative, place a minus sign before the number with no space between the sign and the number).
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