Consider the following returns for two investments, A and B, over the past four years: 9...
Consider the following returns for two investments, A and B, over the past four years: Investment 1: 4% 9% –8% 13% Investment 2: 15% 12% –14% 10% a-1. Calculate the mean for each investment. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Mean Investment 1 % Investment 2 % a-2. Which investment provides the higher return? Investment 1 Investment 2 b-1. Calculate the standard deviation for each investment. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deviation Investment 1 Investment...
You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -28.5 percent, 16 percent, 35 percent, 3.5 percent, and 22.5 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (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 variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6...
You’ve observed the following returns on SkyNet Data Corporation’s stock over the past five years: 18 percent, –14 percent, 20 percent, 22 percent, and 10 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) Average return % b-1. What was the variance of the stock’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and...
Here are returns and standard deviations for four investments. Standard Deviation Return (%) (%) Treasury bills 6.0 Stock P 9.5 14. Stock Q 16.0 25 Stock R 21.5 27 Calculate the standard deviations of the following portfolios a. 50% in Treasury bills, 50% in stock P. (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) % Standard deviation b. 50% each in Q and R, assuming the shares have: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as...
Problem 8-05 Two investments generated the following annual returns: Investment x 13% Investment Y 24% 22 19 20x0 20X1 20x2 20x3 20X4 16 a. What is the average annual return on each investment? Round your answers to one decimal place. The average annual rate of return on X: The average annual rate of return on Y: b. What is the standard deviation of the return on investments X and Y? Round your answers to two decimal places. Standard deviation of...
You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -28.5 percent, 16 percent, 35 percent, 3.5 percent, and 22.5 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (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 variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6...
Problem 8-05 Two investments generated the following annual returns: Investment X Investment Y 20x0 13% 17 % 20X1 24 20X2 18 20x3 14 20X4 12 a. What is the average annual return on each investment? Round your answers to one decimal place. The average annual rate of return on X: % The average annual rate of return on Y: b. What is the standard deviation of the return on investments X and Y? Round your answers to two decimal places....
A stock had returns of 8%, -2%, 4%, and 16% over the past four years. What is the standard deviation of this stock for the past four years? 7.1% 7.5% 6.3% 6.6%
You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -27.9 percent, 15.6 percent, 34.2 percent, 3.3 percent, and 22.3 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (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 variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6...
You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -24.6 percent, 13.4 percent, 29.8 percent, 2.2 percent, and 21.2 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (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 variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6...