Year Return
1 9%
2 11%
3 -4%
4 7%
5 6%
A) What is the geometric average? What is the arithmetic average?
B) Assume that the distribution is normal. Using the standard error, calculate the 95.4 percent confidence interval for the true return.
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B)
Returns Year X Y 1 10 % 23 % 2 15 25 3 9 11 4 – 14 – 15 5 10 15 Using the returns shown above, calculate the arithmetic average returns, the variances, and the standard deviations for X and Y. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your average return and standard deviation as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16, and round the variance to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.)
Year 1. 2 3 4 5 Returns X Y 12 % 25 % 28 34 9 13 - 7 - 27 10 14 Using the returns shown above, calculate the arithmetic average returns, the variances, and the standard deviations for X and Y. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your average return and standard deviation as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16, and round the variance to 5 decimal places, e.g., .16161.) % % Average return Variance...
solve question 5&6
5. Calculating Average Returns The rate of return on Cherry Jalopies, Inc., stock over the last five years was 7 percent, 21 percent, - 8 percent, - 5 percent, and 31 percent. Over the same period, the return on Straw Construction Company's stock was 12 percent, 34 percent, - 11 percent, -7 percent, and 41 percent. What was the arithmetic average return on each stock over this period? 6. Calculating Returns and Variability Using the following returns,...
Returns Year X Y 1 11 % 23 % 2 15 26 3 10 11 4 – 13 – 14 5 10 16 Using the returns shown above, calculate the arithmetic average returns, the variances, and the standard deviations for X and Y. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your average return and standard deviation as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16, and round the variance to 5 decimal places, e.g., 32.16161.) X Y Average...
Q.1 Consider the following table End of Year Return 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 71.11% 81.03 95.18 96.38 121.58 138.58 138.23 156.26 195.04 180.49 229.44 240.21 259.08 250.94 329.51 392.30 Use Excel to answer the following questions (learn liow to calculate mean and variance on Excel): a. Calculate arithmetic average of the return Ē, (10) b. Calculate the geometric average of the returns à (10) c. Show that R =...
A survey of several 9 to 11 year olds recorded the following amounts spent on a trip to the mall: $22.91,$17.13,$13.60 Construct the 99% confidence interval for the average amount spent by 9 to 11 year olds on a trip to the mall. Assume the population is approximately normal. Step 1 of 4: Calculate the sample mean for the given sample data. Round your answer to two decimal places. Step 2 of 4: Calculate the sample standard deviation for the...
problems 4, 5, 6, 11 and 13
If the population standard deviation was doubled to 10.4 and the level of confidence remained at 90%, what would be the new margin of error and confidence interval Margin of error, E. Confidence interval: 20.11<x<34.31 O Did the confidence interval increase or decrease and why? increase 4. Definition of Confidence Intervals (Section 6.1) Circle your answer, True of False. • A 99% confidence interval means that there is a 99% probability that the...
Consider the following five monthly returns: 7% −3% 5% 11% −1% a. Calculate the arithmetic average monthly return over this period and express your answer as a percentage per month. b. Calculate the geometric average monthly return over this period. c. Calculate the monthly variance over this period. d. Calculate the monthly standard deviation over this period.
You are given the returns for the following three stocks: Year Stock A Stock B Stock C 1 8 % 4 % -22 % 2 8 11 35 3 8 7 14 4 8 8 9 5 8 10 4 Calculate the arithmetic return, geometric return, and standard deviation for each stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
A stock has had the following year-end prices and dividends: Year Price Dividend 1 $ 64.78 — 2 71.65 $ .69 3 77.45 .74 4 63.72 .80 5 74.01 .89 6 84.25 .96 What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Arithmetic average return % Geometric average return %