CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781259298738
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 16QP
Calculating Real Returns Refer to Table 10.1. What was the average real return for Treasury bills from 1926 through 1932?
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ssume these were the inflation rates and U.S. stock market and Treasury bill returns between 1929 and 1933:
Year
Inflation(%)
Stock Market Return(%)
T-Bill Return(%)
1929
0.5
–13.2
6.1
1930
–5.5
–30.7
2.9
1931
–9.3
–47.6
1.5
1932
–13.2
–8.2
0.8
1933
0.9
64.2
0.6
What was the average risk premium?
1, Consider the following table for an eight-year period: Year T-bill return Inflation 1 7.47% 8.53% 2 8.94 12.16 3 6.05 6.76 4 5.97 5.04 5 5.63 6.52 6 8.54 8.84 7 10.74 13.11 8 13.00 12.34
a, Calculate the average return for Treasury bills and the average annual inflation rate (consumer price index) for this period.
b, Calculate the standard deviation of Treasury bill returns and inflation over this time period.
c, Calculate the real return for each year.
d, What is the average real return for Treasury bills?
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Assume these were the inflation rates and U.S. stock market and Treasury bill returns between 1929 and 1933:
Year
Inflation(%)
Stock Market Return(%)
T-Bill Return(%)
1929
0.4
–14.6
4.8
1930
–3.9
–27.1
2.9
1931
–8.2
–49.8
1.4
1932
–10.8
–6.4
0.9
1933
1.0
63.8
0.5
What was the real return on the stock market in each year?
What was the average real return?
What was the risk premium in each year?
What was the average risk premium?
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CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
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