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Index Computation and Holding Period Return With Answers
Index Computation and Holding Period Return With Answers
b) What is the most money you can make on investment over the next year
c) If you pay $180 per share ,what is the most money you can lose over the year
2)
Stock Initial price($) Final price($) Shares( millio Initial value Final value of
n) of outstanding
outstanding stock( Million
stock( Million )
)
C) Suppose the price of XYZ increases to $110 and that of ABC falls to $20.Calculate both
before and after split
3)
• Calculate a Dow Jones Industrial Average for Days 1 through 5.
• What effects have the splits had in determining the next day’s index?
• Calculate a Standard & Poor’s Index for Days 1 through 5 using a beginning index value of 10.
• Identify what effects the splits had in determining the next day’s index.
4) Suppose the real interest rate is 3% per year and the expected inflation rate is 8%.What is
the nominal interest rate
5) During the past five years, you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of
return
a) Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Which stock is most
desirable by this measure
b) Compute the Standard Deviation of the annual rate of return for each stock .By this
measure, which is the preferred stock
c) Compute the coefficient of variation for each stock. By this measure, which is a
preferable stock
d) Compute the geometric mean rate of return for each stock.
Answers
c) $ 18000
Stock Initial price($) Final price($) Shares( millio Initial value Final value of
n) of outstanding
outstanding stock( Million
stock( Million )
)
% change=0
C) Suppose the price of XYZ increases to $110 and that of ABC falls to $20.Calculate both
before and after split
a) Before Split
b) After Split
Before Split
b) After Split
3) DOW Jones
Day1 = 12+23+52/3= 29
Day2
Day3
After split=14+46+26/29.798=2.886
Market Value Weighted Index- Methodology is provided below- Complete the remaining
calculations for each day taking Index value as 10
Day-1
Day 2
Day3
Day 4
Day 5