Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period. P0 Q0 P1 Q1 P2 Q2 A 87 100 92 100 92 100 B 47 200 42 200 42 200 C 94 200 104 200 52 400 Required: a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t = 1). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. What will be the divisor for the price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. Calculate the rate of return of the price-weighted index for the second period (t = 1 to t = 2).

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Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period.
 
  P0 Q0 P1 Q1 P2 Q2
A 87 100 92 100 92 100
B 47 200 42 200 42 200
C 94 200 104 200 52 400


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a. Calculate the rate of return on a price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period (t = 0 to t = 1). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

 



b. What will be the divisor for the price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
 

 



c. Calculate the rate of return of the price-weighted index for the second period (t = 1 to t = 2).

 
 
 
 
 
 
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