o have gone up or​ down:             Starbucks        Tiffany & Co.  Hershey          McDonald's Beta          0.80                  1.7              0.33                     0.63 (1)​ Starbucks, (2) Tiffany​ & Co.,​ (3) Hershey, and​ (4) McDonald's

Consider the following information on the stock market in a small economy. Shares Company Outstanding Price, beginning of year Price, end of year 1 100 10 2 1,000 points 3 10,000 $ 100 $ 20 $ 3 $ 94 $ 25 $ 6 Help Save & Exit Submit eBook References Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to one decimal place. a. Compute a price-weighted stock price index for the beginning of the year and the end of the year. What is the percentage change? The percentage change is | %. b. Compute a value-weighted stock price index for the beginning of the year and the end of the year. What is the percentage change? (Note: The value of a firm is calculated by multiplying the number of its shares by the prices of those shares.) The percentage change is %.

The following spreadsheet contains monthly returns for Cola Co. and Gas Co. for 2013. Using these data, estimate the average monthly return and the volatility for each stock. (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Month January February March April May June July August September October November December The average monthly return for Cola Co. is%. (Round to two decimal places.) Cola Co. - 6.80% 7.40% -2.10% 4.30% 11.30% 1.40% 4.10% - 0.60% 0.80% 1.90% 0.70% - 2.90% Gas Co. - 3.00% - 7.70% 0.20% 3.10% - 1.00% 0.00% 4.80% - 3.80% - 5.80% 1.20% - 2.30% 4.70%

If you look at stock prices over any year, you will find a high and low stock price for the year. Instead of a single benchmark PE ratio, we now have a high and low PE ratio for each year. We can use these ratios to calculate a high and a low stock price for the next year. Suppose we have the following information on a particular company: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 High $87.93 $100.35 $121.89 $133.60 Low price 69.85 83.19 79.99 110.18 EPS 6.54 8.96 8.62 10.21 Earnings are expected to grow at 5.5 percent over the next year. a. What is the high target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the low target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. High target price b. Low target price price

You are evaluating the stock price of Kroger, a grocery store chain. It has forward earnings per share of $3.29. You notice that its competitor Safeway has a P/E ratio of 12.4. What is a good estimate of Kroger's stock price? The stock price will be $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

The following spreadsheet contains monthly returns for Cola Co. and Gas Co. for 2013. Using these data, estimate the average monthly return and the volatility for each stock. (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Month January February March April May June July August September October November The average monthly return for Cola Co. is%. (Round to two decimal places.) Cola Co. -7.10% -2.10% -3.80% -4.10% 1.50% 1.20% -21.10% - 14.50% - 28.80% 22.90% -13.40% Gas Co. -8.10% -2.00% -2.60% -5.00% -4.70% -3.20% 6.70% -8.50% - 12.60% 16.50% -6.10%

If you look at stock prices over any year, you will find a high and low stock price for the year. Instead of a single benchmark PE ratio, we now have a high and low PE ratio for each year. We can use these ratios to calculate a high and a low stock price for the next year. Suppose we have the following information on a particular company over the past four years:     Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 High price $ 99.70 $ 123.30 $ 132.70 $ 149.33 Low price 74.53 90.64 71.32 117.85 EPS 8.98 10.73 11.81 13.20   Earnings are projected to grow at 9 percent over the next year.   a. What is your high target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is your low target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

You have found the following historical information for the Daniela Company: Stock price EPS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 $49.24 2.59 $67.43 $61.19 $67.07 2.65 2.82 2.81 Earnings are expected to grow at 8 percent for the next year. What is the PE ratio for each year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 What is the average PE ratio over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Average PE Using the company's historical average PE as a benchmark, what is the target stock price in one year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Target price

Use the given partial stock table. Round dollar amounts to the nearest cent when necessary. Consider the following for Boeing (BA). What is the difference between the highest and lowest prices paid for this stock during the last 52 weeks? Suppose that you own 600 shares of this stock. What dividend do you receive this year? How many shares of the stock were sold during the trading day? Did the price of a share of this stock increase or decrease during the day shown in the table? What was the price of a share of this stock at the start of the train day?

Based on five years of monthly data, you derive the following information forthe companies listed: Company SDi rm Padma 11.10% 0.82 Meghna 12.60% 0.63 Jamuna 6.60% 0.45 Karnafully 9.70% 0.70 SD on Market 7.60% 1.00 Compute the beta coefficient for each stock.