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 110 500 115 500 115 500 B 90 600 85 600 85 600 C 80 600 100 600 50 1,200     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. Calculate the new 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 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 110 500 115 500 115 500
B 90 600 85 600 85 600
C 80 600 100 600 50 1,200
 

 

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. Calculate the new 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 for the second period (t = 1 to t = 2). 

 

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