QUESTION ONE The following are monthly percentage price changes for four markets. Month DJA (R%) S&P 500 (R%) 2 3 7 -2 1 5 -6 Russell 2 000 (R%) 6 -1 3 4 -4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Compute the following. a) Average monthly rate of return for each index b) Covariance between the rates of return for the following indexes: DJIA-S&P 500, S&P 500- Russell 2000, S&P 500-Nikkei ,Russell 2000-Nikkei 4 10 -4 3 11 -8 NIKKEI(R%) 4 -2 7 2 2 6 c) The correlation coefficients for the same four combinations d) Using the answers from parts (a), (b), and (C), calculate the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of equal parts of (1) the S&P and the Russell 2000 and (2) the S&P and
QUESTION ONE The following are monthly percentage price changes for four markets. Month DJA (R%) S&P 500 (R%) 2 3 7 -2 1 5 -6 Russell 2 000 (R%) 6 -1 3 4 -4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Compute the following. a) Average monthly rate of return for each index b) Covariance between the rates of return for the following indexes: DJIA-S&P 500, S&P 500- Russell 2000, S&P 500-Nikkei ,Russell 2000-Nikkei 4 10 -4 3 11 -8 NIKKEI(R%) 4 -2 7 2 2 6 c) The correlation coefficients for the same four combinations d) Using the answers from parts (a), (b), and (C), calculate the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of equal parts of (1) the S&P and the Russell 2000 and (2) the S&P and
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The following are monthly percentage price changes for four markets.
Month
DJA (R%)
S&P 500 (R%)
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
Compute the following.
3
7
-2
1
5
-6
6
-1
3
4
-4
Russell 2 000 (R%)
4
10
-4
3
11
-8
NIKKEI(R%)
4
-2
7
2
2
6
a) Average monthly rate of return for each index
b)
Covariance between the rates of return for the following indexes: DJIA-S&P 500, S&P 500-
Russell 2000, S&P 500-Nikkei ,Russell 2000-Nikkei
c)
The correlation coefficients for the same four combinations
d) Using the answers from parts (a), (b), and (C), calculate the expected return and standard
deviation of a portfolio consisting of equal parts of (1) the S&P and the Russell 2000 and (2) the
S&P and the Nikkei.
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