Use the following table: Series Large stocks Small stocks Average return 11.88 % 16.58 6.29 Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation 6.10 3.89 3.10 a. Determine the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in large-company stocks and long-term corporate bonds. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in small stocks and Treasury bills? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Use the following table: Series Large stocks Small stocks Average return 11.88 % 16.58 6.29 Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation 6.10 3.89 3.10 a. Determine the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in large-company stocks and long-term corporate bonds. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in small stocks and Treasury bills? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Essentials Of Investments

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Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues

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Suppose that the index model for stocks A and B is estimated from excess returns with the following results: RA = 3.6% + 1.2RM + eA RB = -1.6% + 1.5RM + eB OM = 16%; R-squarea = 0.25; R-square; = 0.15 What is the covariance between each stock and the market index? (Calculate using numbers in decimal form, not percentages. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Covariance Stock A Stock B
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