You bought Sumsung stock for $45 on April 1. The stock paid a dividend of $2 on July 1, and had a price of $55. It is now Oct. 1, and the stock price is $50. Treasury bills yield 1%. 1. What was the arithmetic average quarterly return?
2. What was the standard deviation of quarterly returns?
3. What's your best guess for the Sharpe ratio of Samsung stock for the next quarter?

1. the arithmetic average quarterly return =  8.79%

2. the standard deviation of quarterly returns = 17.8788%

3. the Sharpe ratio of Samsung stock for the next quarter=  0.435593

Explanation:

From the given question;

We use the EXCEL SOFTWARE TO CALCULATE THE:

the arithmetic average quarterly return

the standard deviation of quarterly returns &

the Sharpe ratio of Samsung stock for the next quarter

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