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- How do you calcuate the bechmark and historical return for the stock ARKK when the last price listed is $123.40 and the current value is $26,531.00.Using the data in the table:, a. What was the average annual return of Microsoft stock from 2005-2017? b. What was the annual volatility for Microsoft stock from 2005-2017? a. What was the average annual return of Microsoft stock from 2005-2017? The average annual return is %. (Round to two decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Realized Return for the S&P 500, Microsoft, and Treasury Bills, 2005-2017 S&P 500 Realized Return Microsoft Realized Return Dividends Paid* Year End 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 S&P 500 Index 1211.92 1248.29 3.00% 4.80% 1418.30 1468.36 903.25 4.70% 1.50% 0.10% 0.10% 1115.10 1257.64 1257.61 0.00% 1426.19 0.10% 1848.36 0.00% 0.00% 2058.90 2043.94 0.00% 0.20% 2238.83 2673.61 0.80% *Total dividends paid by the 500 stocks in the portfolio, based on the number of shares of each stock in the index, adjusted until the end of the year, assuming they were…Consider the following table of annual rates of return, in percentage, for four common risky assets over the time period 2010 to 2019 • Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A) • S&P 500 Index (ticker: SPX) • NASDAQ 100 Index (ticker: NDX) • Russell 2000 Index (ticker: RUT) YEAR BRK/A SPX NDX RUT 2010 21.4 15.1 19.22 26.85 2011 -4.7 2.1 2.7 -4.18 2012 16.8 16 16.82 16.35 2013 32.7 32.4 34.99 38.82 2014 27 13.7 17.94 4.89 2015 -12.5 1.4 8.43 -4.41 2016 23.4 12 5.89 21.31 2017 21.9 21.8 31.52 14.65 2018 2.8 -4.4 -1.04 -11.01 2019 11 31.5 37.96 25.52 Now assume there is a risk-free asset available and the annual risk-free rate is 2%. Using mean-variance portfolio theory, determine the 4 portfolio weightings and the portfolio variance for the unique fund F defined by the tangent portfolio and the one-fund theorem. Note that the portfolio weights sum to 1 and short selling (negative weights) are permissible.
- Directions: Compute the returns, average of returns and standard deviation of the following stocks and the PSEI. 1. 2. AGI SM Year Stock Return x x (x--x)² Year Stock Return x x (x-x)² Price Price 30/1/2014 27.100 30/1/2014 704.500 28/2/2014 30.000 28/2/2014 694.000 31/3/2014 28.500 31/3/2014 705.000 30/4/2014 31.150 30/4/2014 725.000 30/5/2014 29.650 30/5/2014 786.000 30/6/2014 29.100 30/6/2014 816.000 31/7/2014 26.350 31/7/2014 797.000 29/8/2014 24.600 29/8/2014 772.000 30/9/2014 26.000 30/9/2014 803.500 31/10/2014 25.300 31/10/2014 783.500 28/11/2014 24.800 28/11/2014 804.500 29/12/2014 22.550 29/12/2014 815.000 PSEI Year Stock Return x X (x-X)? 30/6/2014 6,844.31 Price 31/7/2014 6,864.82 30/1/2014 6,041.19 29/8/2014 7,050.89 3. 28/2/2014 6,424.99 30/9/2014 7,283.07 31/10/2014 7,215.73 31/3/2014 6,428.71 28/11/2014 7,294.38 30/4/2014 6,707.91 29/12/2014 7,230.57 30/5/2014 6,647.65Please read and answer the questions using the table provided.The following information relates to the prices and dividends of two stocks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange as well as the average market returns. Stock A Price Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20 24 26 31 33 40 Dix 0 1.2 0.5 1 1.5 2 Stock B Price 11 13 17 20 23 27 Dix 0 1.6 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.5 Market Returns 0 0.25 0.18 0.11 0.12 0.15 Required. a. Calculate the annual returns for each stock (2012-2016) b. Calculate the average returns for each of the stocks and the market c. Calculate the covariance between the stocks d. Assuming the two stocks are equally weighted, calculate the portfolio return and portfolio risk
- Using the data in the following table,, estimate the: a. Average return and volatility for each stock. b. Covariance between the stocks. c. Correlation between these two stocks. a. Estimate the average return and volatility for each stock. The average return of stock Ais %. (Round to two decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year 2010 2011 2013 Stock A - 5% 17% - 6% Stock B 29% 21% - 1% 2012 7% 4% 2014 1% - 15% 2015 13% 20%Using the data in the following table,, estimate the: a. Average return and volatility for each stock. b. Covariance between the stocks. c. Correlation between these two stocks. a. Estimate the average return and volatility for each stock. The average return of stock A is %. (Round to two decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year Stock A 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 - 1% 6% 2% -5% 4% 6% Stock B 20% 9% 8% -3% - 5% 21% Print Done ☑ ClearConsider 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 %.
