Business, 24.05.2021 16:50 vasquez8518
Stock X and Stock Y have a correlation coefficient of 0. Stock X has an expected return of 50% and a standard deviation of 15%. Stock Y has an expected return of 24% and a standard deviation of 20%. Which of the following could be the minimum standard deviation of a portfolio that has a non-zero percentage of each of these two stocks? (Assume that no stocks other than X and Y can be invested in this portfolio.)
a. 43.5%
b. 0%
c. 10%
d. 15%
e. 16%
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Business, 22.06.2019 05:10, Kaitneedshelps
1. descriptive statistics quickly describe large amounts of data can predict future stock returns with surprising accuracy statisticians understand non-numeric information, like colors refer mainly to patterns that can be found in data 2. a 15% return on a stock means that 15% of the original purchase price of the stock returns to the seller at the end of the year 15% of the people who purchased the stock will see a return the stock is worth 15% more at the end of the year than at the beginning the stock has lost 15% of its value since it was originally sold 3. a stock purchased on january 1 cost $4.35 per share. the same stock, sold on december 31 of the same year, brought in $4.75 per share. what was the approximate return on this stock? 0.09% 109% 1.09% 9% 4. a stock sells for $6.99 on december 31, providing the seller with a 6% annual return. what was the price of the stock at the beginning of the year? $6.59 $1.16 $7.42 $5.84
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Business, 22.06.2019 21:10, dooboose15
Which of the following statements is (are) true? i. free entry to a perfectly competitive industry results in the industry's firms earning zero economic profit in the long run, except for the most efficient producers, who may earn economic rent. ii. in a perfectly competitive market, long-run equilibrium is characterized by lmc < p < latc. iii. if a competitive industry is in long-run equilibrium, a decrease in demand causes firms to earn negative profit because the market price will fall below average total cost.
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Stock X and Stock Y have a correlation coefficient of 0. Stock X has an expected return of 50% and a...