Suppose you own Stocks A and B. Based on data over the past decade, the Sharpe ratiofor Stock A is 1.3, while the Sharpe ratio for Stock B is 0.8. Briefly explain which stock hasperformed better.

A stock has had the following year-end prices and dividends: TIT Year Price Dividend $16.25 1 18.43 $ .15 2 19.43 .30 3 17.93 .33 4 20.27 .34 23.38 .40 What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Arithmetic return |% Geometric return

A stock has had returns of -7.77 percent,  -4.59 percent, 5.87 percent, 9.98 percent, 8.7 percent, and 11.27 percent over the last six years. What is the geometric average return for the stock? Answer as a percentage to two decimals (if you get -0.0435, you should answer -4.35).

In historical data, we see that investments with the highest average annual returns also tend to have the highest standard deviations of annual returns. This observation supports the notion that there is a positive correlation between risk and return. Which of the following answers correctly ranks investments from highest to lowest risk (and return), where the security with the highest risk is shown first, the one with the lowest risk last? a. Large-company stocks, small-company stocks, long-term corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury bills, long-term government bonds. b. Small-company stocks, large-company stocks, long-term corporate bonds, long-term government bonds, U.S. Treasury bills. c. U.S. Treasury bills, long-term government bonds, long-term corporate bonds, small-company stocks, large-company stocks. d. Large-company stocks, small-company stocks, long-term corporate bonds, long-term government bonds, U.S. Treasury bills. e. Small-company stocks, long-term corporate bonds,…

Look up the daily trading volume for the following stocks during a recent five-day period: • Merck • Caterpillar • Intel • McDonald’s • General Electric Randomly select five stocks from the NYSE, and examine their daily trading volume for the same five days. a. What are the average volumes for the two samples? b. Would you expect this difference to have an impact on the efficiency of the markets for the two samples? Why or why not?

Consider the two (excess return) index-model regression results for stocks A and B. The risk-free rate over the period was 7%, and the market's average return was 14%. Performance is measured using an index model regression on excess returns. Index model regression estimates R-square Residual standard deviation, o(e) Standard deviation of excess returns Stock A 1% +1.2(rm - rf) Stock B 2% +0.8(rm – rf) 0.635 0.466 11.3% 22.6% 20.1% 26.9% Required: a. Calculate the following statistics for each stock: b. Which stock is the best choice under the following circumstances? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Calculate the following statistics for each stock: Note: Round your answers to 4 decimal places. i. Alpha ii. Information ratio iii. Sharpe ratio iv. Treynor measure Stock A Stock B % %

The balance sheet for Shankland Corporation follows: 000'009 $ 000006 Current assets Long-term assets (net) Total assets Current liabilities Long-term liabilities Total liabilities Common stock and retained earnings 000 0000 000 00 000 009' 000 006 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 000'00s Required Compute the following. (Round "Ratios" to 1 decimal place.) Working capital Current ratio Debt-to-assets ratio Debt-to-equity ratio

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A stock has had returns of -19.1 percent, 29.1 percent, 25.2 percent, -10.2 percent, 34.9 percent, and 27.1 percent over the last six years. 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 % %

he last four years of returns for a stock are as shown​ here: LOADING... . a. What is the average annual​ return? b. What is the variance of the​ stock's returns? c. What is the standard deviation of the​ stock's returns? Note​: Notice that the average return and standard deviation must be entered in percentage format. The variance must be entered in decimal format.       Question content area bottom Part 1 a. What is the average annual​ return?   The average return is enter your response here​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.) Part 2 b. What is the variance of the​ stock's returns?   The variance of the returns is enter your response here. ​ (Round to five decimal​ places.) Part 3 c. What is the standard deviation of the​ stock's returns?   The standard deviation is enter your response here​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)       Time Remaining: 00:26:16                     pop-up content starts Data table ​(Click on the following icon   in order…