Some Lessons From Capital Market | Complete Test Bank – Ch10

Chapter 10

Some Lessons from Capital Market History

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1. On a particular risky investment, investors require an excess return of 7 percent in addition to the risk-free rate of 4 percent. What is this excess return called?

A. Inflation premium

B. Required return

C. Real return

D. Average return

E. Risk premium

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Risk premium

2. The variance is the average squared difference between which of the following?

A. Actual return and average return

B. Actual return and (average return/N - 1)

C. Actual return and the real return

D. Average return and the standard deviation

E. Actual return and the risk-free rate

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Standard deviation and variance

3. Which one of the following is the positive square root of the variance?

A. Standard deviation

B. Mean

C. Risk-free rate

D. Average return

E. Real return

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Standard deviation and variance

4. Which one of the following is defined as a bell-shaped frequency distribution that is defined by its average and its standard deviation?

A. Arithmetic average return

B. Variance

C. Standard deviation

D. Probability curve

E. Normal distribution

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Normal probability distribution

5. Which one of the following is defined as the average compound return earned per year over a multiyear period?

A. Geometric average return

B. Variance of returns

C. Standard deviation of returns

D. Arithmetic average return

E. Normal distribution of returns

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Section: 10.5 More On Average Returns

Topic: Arithmetic and geometric returns

6. Which one of the following best describes an arithmetic average return?

A. Total return divided by N - 1, where N equals the number of individual returns

B. Average compound return earned per year over a multiyear period

C. Total compound return divided by the number of individual returns

D. Return earned in an average year over a multiyear period

E. Positive square root of the average compound return

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Section: 10.5 More On Average Returns

Topic: Arithmetic and geometric returns

7. An efficient capital market is best defined as a market in which security prices reflect which one of the following?

A. Current inflation

B. A risk premium

C. All available information

D. The historical arithmetic rate of return

E. The historical geometric rate of return

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency

8. Which one of the following is the hypothesis that securities markets are efficient?

A. Geometric market hypothesis

B. Standard deviation hypothesis

C. Efficient markets hypothesis

D. Capital market hypothesis

E. Financial markets hypothesis

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency

9. Which one of the following combinations will always result in an increased dividend yield?

A. Increase in the stock price combined with a lower dividend amount

B. Increase in the stock price combined with a higher dividend amount

C. Decrease in the stock price combined with a lower dividend amount

D. Decrease in the stock price combined with a higher dividend amount

E. Increase in the stock price combined with a constant dividend amount

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Section: 10.1 Returns

Topic: Stock dividends

10. Which one of the following could cause the total return on an investment to be a negative rate?

A. Constant annual dividend amount

B. Increase in the annual dividend amount

C. Stock price that remains constant over the investment period

D. Stock price that declines over the investment period

E. Stock price that increases over the investment period

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Section: 10.1 Returns

Topic: Stock returns and yields

11. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning both the dollar return and the percentage return on a stock investment?

A. Without the size of an investment, the dollar return has less value than the percentage return.

B. The dollar return is more accurate than the percentage return because the dollar return includes dividend income while the percentage return does not.

C. The dollar return considers the time value of money while the percentage return does not.

D. Dollar returns are based on capital gains while percentage returns are based on the total rate of return.

E. Dollar returns must either be zero or a positive value while percentage returns can be negative, zero, or positive.

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Section: 10.1 Returns

Topic: Dollar and percentage returns

12. Which answer creates a false sentence? Percentage returns:

A. relay information about a security more easily than dollar returns do.

B. are not affected by the amount of the investment.

C. can be easily separated into dividend yields and capital gain yields.

D. are easy to understand.

E. are difficult to compute.

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Section: 10.1 Returns

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13. One year ago, you purchased 600 shares of a stock. This morning you sold those shares and realized a total return of 3.1 percent. Given this information, you know for sure the:

A. stock price increased by 3.1 percent over the last year.

B. stock increased in value over the past year.

C. stock paid a dividend.

D. dividend yield is greater than zero.

E. sum of the dividend yield and the capital gains yield is 3.1 percent.

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Section: 10.1 Returns

Topic: Stock returns and yields

14. The historical returns on large-company stocks, as reported by Ibbotson and Sinquefield and reported in your textbook, are based on the:

A. largest 20 percent of the stocks traded on the NYSE.

B. stock returns for the largest 10 percent of the publicly traded firms in the U.S.

C. returns of the 100 largest firms in the U.S.

D. returns of all the stocks listed on the NYSE.

E. stocks of the 500 companies included in the S&P 500 index.

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Section: 10.2 The Historical Record

Topic: Historical performance

15. Over the period of 1926-2014, which one of the following investment classes had the highest volatility of returns?

A. Large-company stocks

B. U.S. Treasury bills

C. Small-company stocks

D. Long-term corporate bonds

E. Long-term government bonds

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Historical performance

16. Over the period of 1926-2014:

A. long-term government bonds underperformed long-term corporate bonds.

B. small-company stocks underperformed large-company stocks.

C. inflation exceeded the rate of return on U.S. Treasury bills.

D. U.S. Treasury bills outperformed long-term government bonds.

E. large-company stocks outperformed all other investment categories.

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Historical performance

17. Over the period of 1926-2014:

A. the risk premium on large-company stocks was greater than the risk premium on small- company stocks.

B. U.S. Treasury bills had a risk premium that was just slightly over 2 percent.

C. the risk premium on long-term government bonds was zero percent.

D. the risk premium on stocks exceeded the risk premium on bonds.

E. U. S. Treasury bills had a negative risk premium.

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Historical performance

18. The rate of return on which one of the following has a risk premium of 0%?

A. Long-term government bonds

B. Long-term corporate bonds

C. Intermediate-term government bonds

D. U.S. Treasury bills

E. Large-company stocks

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Risk premium

19. Which one of the following had a zero standard deviation of returns for the period of 1926-2014?

A. All of the listed security types had a standard deviation of returns in excess of zero percent.

B. U.S. Treasury bills

C. Long-term corporate bonds

D. Large-company stocks

E. Long-term government bonds

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20. Which one of the following categories has the widest frequency distribution of returns for the period 1926-2014?

A. Small-company stocks

B. U.S. Treasury bills

C. Long-term government bonds

D. Inflation

E. Large-company stock

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21. The period 1926-2014 illustrates that U.S. Treasury bills:

A. outperform inflation by approximately 1 percent every year.

B. have a zero standard deviation.

C. can either outperform or underperform inflation on an annual basis.

D. produce a rate of return roughly equivalent to the rate of return on long-term government bonds.

E. routinely have negative annual returns.

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Section: 10.2 The Historical Record

Topic: Historical performance

22. The historical record for the period 1926-2014 shows that the annual nominal rate of return on:

A. risk-free securities has averaged around 5 percent.

B. the Consumer Price Index has been positive every year.

C. U.S. Treasury bills have had a positive rate of return for every year in the period.

D. U.S. Treasury bills is constant.

E. large company stocks has averaged around 9 percent.

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Historical performance

23. What was the average annual risk premium on small-company stocks for the period 1926-2014?

A. 12.3 percent

B. 11.2 percent

C. 12.9 percent

D. 13.2 percent

E. 13.5 percent

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Topic: Historical performance

24. Based on the period 1926-2014, what rate of return should you expect to earn over the long-term if you are unwilling to bear risk?

A. Between 0 and 1 percent

B. Between 1 and 2 percent

C. Between 2 and 3 percent

D. Between 3 and 4 percent

E. Between 4 and 5 percent

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25. Which one of the following statements is true regarding the period 1926-2014?

A. The returns on small-company stocks were less volatile than the returns on large-company stocks.

B. The risk-free rate of return remained constant over the time period.

C. U.S. Treasury bills had a positive average real rate of return.

D. Bonds had an average rate of return that exceeded the average return on stocks.

E. The inflation rate was just as volatile as the return on long-term bonds.

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26. For the period 1926-2014, which one of the following had the smallest risk premium?

A. Large-company stocks

B. Small-company stocks

C. Long-term corporate bonds

D. U.S. Treasury bills

E. Long-term government bonds

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Topic: Historical performance

27. Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. The risk-free rate of return has a risk premium of 1.0.

B. The reward for bearing risk is called the standard deviation.

C. Risks and expected return are inversely related.

D. The higher the expected rate of return, the wider the distribution of returns.

E. Risk premiums are inversely related to the standard deviation of returns.

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Risk and return relationship

28. Which one of the following is the most apt to have the largest risk premium in the future based on the historical record for 1926-2014?

A. U.S. Treasury bills

B. Large-company stocks

C. Long-term government debt

D. Small-company stocks

E. Long-term corporate debt

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29. The average risk premium on long-term government bonds for the period 1926-2014 was equal to:

A. zero.

B. 1 percent.

C. the rate of return on the bonds plus the corporate bond rate.

D. the rate of return on the bonds minus the T-bill rate.

E. the rate of return on the bonds minus the inflation rate.

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Topic: Risk premium

30. The lower the standard deviation of returns on a security, the _____ the expected rate of return and the _____ the risk.

A. lower; lower

B. lower; higher

C. higher; lower

D. higher; higher

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31. The standard deviation measures the _____ of a security's returns over time.

A. average value

B. frequency

C. volatility

D. mean

E. arithmetic average

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Topic: Standard deviation and variance

32. Which one of the following has the narrowest distribution of returns for the period 1926-2014?

A. Long-term corporate bonds

B. Long-term government bonds

C. Intermediate-term government bonds

D. Large-company stocks

E. Small-company stocks

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Topic: Historical performance

33. What is the probability associated with a return that lies in the upper tail when the mean plus two standard deviations is graphed?

A. .05 percent

B. .5 percent

C. 1.0 percent

D. 2.5 percent

E. 5.0 percent

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Section: 10.4 The Variability Of Returns: The Second Lesson

Topic: Normal probability distribution

34. When, if ever, will the geometric average return exceed the arithmetic average return for a given set of returns?

A. When the set of returns includes only risk-free rates

B. When the set of returns has a wide frequency distribution

C. When the set of returns has a very narrow frequency distribution

D. When all of the rates of return in the set of returns are equal to each other

E. Never

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Section: 10.5 More On Average Returns

Topic: Arithmeti and geometric returns

35. Assume the securities markets are strong form efficient. Given this assumption, you should expect which one of the following to occur?

A. The risk premium on any security in that market will be zero.

B. The price of any one security in that market will remain constant at its current level.

C. Each security in the market will have an annual rate of return equal to the risk-free rate.

D. The price of each security in that market will frequently fluctuate.

E. The prices of each security will fall to zero because the net present value of the investments will be zero.

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency - implications

36. New Labs just announced that it has received a patent for a product that will eliminate all flu viruses. This news is totally unexpected and viewed as a major medical advancement. Which one of the following reactions to this announcement indicates the market for New Labs stock is efficient?

A. The price of New Labs stock remains unchanged.

B. The price of New Labs stock increases rapidly and then settles back to its pre-announcement level.

C. The price of New Labs stock increases rapidly to a higher price and then remains at that price.

D. All stocks quickly increase in value and then all but New Labs stock fall back to their original values.

E. The value of all stocks suddenly increase and then level off at their higher values.

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency - implications

37. If the financial markets are efficient then:

A. stock prices should remain constant.

B. stock prices should increase or decrease slowly as new events are analyzed and the information is absorbed by the markets.

C. an increase in the value of one security should be offset by a decrease in the value of another security.

D. stock prices will change only when an event actually occurs, not at the time the event is anticipated.

E. stock prices should respond only to unexpected news and events.

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency - implications

38. According to the efficient markets hypothesis, professional investors will earn:

A. excess profits over the long-term.

B. excess profits, but only on short-term investments.

C. a dollar return equal to the value paid for an investment.

D. a return that cannot be accurately predicted because investments are subject to the random movements of the markets.

E. a return that "beats the market."

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market Efficiency

39. Semistrong form market efficiency states that the value of a security is based on:

A. all public and private information.

B. historical information only.

C. all publicly available information.

D. all publicly available information plus any data that can be gathered from insider trading.

E. random information with no clear distinction as to the source of that information.

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Section: 10.6 Capital Market Efficiency

Topic: Market efficiency - foundations and types

40. Dan is a chemist for ABC, a major drug manufacturer. Dan cannot earn excess profits on ABC stock based on the knowledge he has related to his experiments if the financial markets are:

A. weak form efficient.

B. strong form efficient.

C. semistrong form efficient.

D. efficient at any level.

E. aware that the trader is an insider.

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Topic: Market efficiency - foundations and types

41. If the financial markets are semistrong form efficient, then:

A. only the most talented analysts can determine the true value of a security.

B. only individuals with private information have a marketplace advantage.

C. technical analysis provides the best tool to use to gain a marketplace advantage.

D. no one individual has an advantage in the marketplace.

E. every security offers the same rate of return.

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Topic: Market efficiency - foundations and types

42. One year ago, you purchased 500 shares of stock for $22 a share. The stock pays $0.32 a share in dividends each year. Today, you sold your shares for $24.50 a share. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

A. $1,250

B. $1,090

C. $1,199

D. $1,164

E. $1,410

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Section: 10.1 Returns

Topic: Dollar and percentage returns

43. One year ago, you purchased a 7 percent coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 when it was selling for 102.5 percent of par. Today, you sold this bond for 104 percent of par. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

A. $85

B. $55

C. $70

D. $15

E. $100

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44. Bandor Furniture pays a constant annual dividend. Last year, the dividend yield was 4.9 percent when the stock was selling for $43.50 per share. What is the current price of the stock if the current dividend yield is 4 percent?

A. $35.51

B. $53.29

C. $38.62

D. $41.54

E. $42.07

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45. The Lost Continent Store pays a constant dividend. Last year, the dividend yield was 5.75 percent when the stock was selling for $67.5 a share. What must the stock price be today if the market currently requires a 5.25 percent dividend yield on this stock?

A. $73.93

B. $61.63

C. $59.04

D. $78.24

E. $71.52

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46. The stock of Arbitrage Training is priced at $37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8 percent. The firm pays constant annual dividends. What is the amount of the next dividend per share?

A. $1.15

B. $1.77

C. $1.04

D. $0.96

E. $1.20

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47. One year ago, you bought a stock for $37.25 per share. You received a dividend of $1.27 per share last month and sold the stock today for $39.75 per share. What is the capital gains yield on this investment?

A. 5.95 percent

B. -6.29 percent

C. 6.71 percent

D. 3.19 percent

E. -3.19 percent

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48. Paneer Asphalt Materials pays a constant annual dividend of $1.26 per share on its stock. Last year at this time, the market rate of return on this stock was 14.9 percent. Today, the market rate has fallen to 12.5 percent. What would your capital gains yield have been if you had purchased this stock one year ago and then sold the stock today?

A. -16.11 percent

B. --23.16 percent

C. 9.35 percent

D. 17.66 percent

E. 19.2 percent

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49. One year ago, Stacey purchased 100 shares of KNF stock for $3,245. Today, she sold those shares for $35.00 per share. What is the capital gains yield on this investment if the dividend yield is 1.4 percent?

A. -7.29 percent

B. -7.86 percent

C. 5.96 percent

D. 7.86 percent

E. 7.11 percent

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50. One year ago, Marcus purchased 400 shares of Maverick Data stock for $21.052. Today, he sold those shares for $56.00 per share. What is the total return on this investment if the dividend yield is 1.9 percent?

A. 9.10 percent

B. 8.30 percent

C. 6.56 percent

D. 5.39percent

E. 7.61 percent

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51. One year ago, LaTresa purchased 300 shares of Outland Co. stock for $7,092. The stock does not pay any regular dividends but it did pay a special dividend of $.43 a share last week. This morning, she sold her shares for $24.05 a share. What was the total percentage return on this investment?

A. 7.67 percent

B. 4.83 percent

C. 2.50 percent

D. 3.55 percent

E. 8.24 percent

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52. Assume that last year, Catrin earned 9.8 percent on his investments while U.S. Treasury bills yielded 2.3 percent, and the inflation rate was 1.4 percent. What real rate of return did he earn on his investments last year?

A. 8.76 percent

B. 8.28 percent

C. 10.69 percent

D. 9.37 percent

E. 7.52 percent

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Section: 10.3 Average Returns: The First Lesson

Topic: Fisher effect

53. Assume you earned 12.3 percent on your investments for a time period when the risk-free rate was 4.25 percent and the inflation rate was 1.2 percent. What was your real rate of return for the period?

A. -9.71 percent

B. 8.21 percent

C. 10.97 percent

D. --10.35 percent

E. 10.23 percent

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54. Sarah earned a 3.3 percent real rate of return on her investments for the past year. During that time, the risk-free rate was 3.6 percent and the inflation rate was 3.1 percent. What was her nominal rate of return?

A. 5.30 percent

B. 6.06 percent

C. 6.50 percent

D. 6.67 percent

E. 6.91 percent

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55. Assume that large-company stocks had an average rate of return of 18.5 percent over the past 55 years while T-bills returned an average of 2.4 percent and inflation averaged 1.8 percent. Given this, the real return on large-company stocks was:

A. 13.56 percent

B. 12.49 percent

C. 16.40 percent

D. 14.83 percent

E. 15.99 percent

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56. Assume that over the past 88 years, U.S. Treasury bills had an average return of 3.5 percent as compared to 6.1 percent on long-term government bonds. During this same time period, assume inflation averaged 3.0 percent. What was the average nominal risk premium on the long-term government bonds?

A. 3.1 percent

B. .1 percent

C. 2.9 percent

D. 1.8 percent

E. 2.6 percent

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57. Based on the past 88 years, the inflation rate averaged 3.0 percent and the U.S. Treasury bill yield was 3.5 percent, and the historical risk premium on small-company stocks was 13.2 percent. If these averages hold, what nominal rate of return should you expect to earn on small-company stocks over the next several years?

A. 15.5 percent

B. 16.7 percent

C. 19.7 percent

D. 13.5 percent

E. 13.7 percent

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58. Assume large-company stocks returned 12.1 percent on average over the past 88 years. The risk premium on these stocks was 8.6 percent and the inflation rate was 3.0 percent. What was the average nominal risk-free rate of return for those 88 years?

A. 3.5 percent

B. 9.1 percent

C. 4.6 percent

D. .5 percent

E. 6.5 percent

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59. Over the past five years, a stock returned 8.4 percent, 8.7 percent, 3.2 percent, 1.5 percent, and 11.5 percent, respectively. What is the variance of these returns?

A. ..041302

B. ..043375

C. ..006824

D. ..165321

E. ..005459

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60. Windsor stock has produced returns of 13.8 percent, 11.7 percent, 2.3 percent, -21.4 percent, and 8.9 percent over the past five years, respectively. What is the variance of these returns?

A. .020574

B. .031947

C. .035682

D. .019515

E. .020016

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61. Five years ago, you purchased 800 shares of stock. The annual returns have been 6.4 percent, -28.7 percent, 2.1 percent, 14.4 percent, and 32.6 percent, respectively. What is the variance of these returns?

A. .049888

B. .030021

C. .030068

D. .050133

E. .050284

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62. Over the past six years, a stock had annual returns of 12 percent, -3 percent, 2 percent, 27 4 percent, 9 percent, and 14 percent, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?

A. 7.08 percent

B. 6.47 percent

C. 5.40 percent

D. 6.89 percent

E. 6.19 percent

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63. A stock has produced returns of 11 percent, 4 percent, -5 percent, -8 percent, and 9 percent for the past five years, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?

A. 8.49 percent

B. 7.52 percent

C. 4.20 percent

D. 8.41 percent

E. 9.23 percent

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64. A stock has yielded returns of 9 percent, 16 percent, 18 percent, and -6 percent over the past four years, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?

A. 15.52 percent

B. 15.86 percent

C. 11.05 percent

D. 9.38 percent

E. 10.87 percent

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65. Kelly decided to accept the risk and purchased a high growth stock. Her returns for the past five years are 32 percent, 24 percent, -48 percent, 12 percent, and -9 percent, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?

A. 23.20 percent

B. 35.46 percent

C. 17.88 percent

D. 32.03 percent

E. 28.39 percent

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66. Over the past four years, the annual percentage returns on large-company stocks were 15, 7, 4, and 18 percent. For the same time period, U.S. Treasury bills produced the returns of 6, 3, 2, and 4 percent. Inflation averaged 2.8 percent over the four-year period. The average real rate of return on large-company stocks was ___ percent as compared to _____ percent for Treasury bills.

A. 6.47; .92

B. 6.47; 1.08

C. 7.98; .92

D. 7.98; 1.08

E. 7.98; 1.22

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67. Over the past four years, a stock produced returns of 6 percent, 8 percent, 19 percent, and 2 percent, respectively. Based on these four years, what range of returns would you expect to see 95 percent of the time?

A. -.58 percent to 31.33 percent

B. -5.80 percent to 27.02 percent

C. -.23 percent to 24.39 percent

D. -.02 percent to 24.39 percent

E. -5.80 percent to 23.30 percent

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68. Over the past four years, a stock produced returns of 13 percent, -9 percent, 8 percent, and 14 percent, respectively. Based on these four years, what range of returns would you expect to see 99 percent of the time?

A. -25.48 percent to 38.48 percent

B. -22.39 percent to 26.41 percent

C. -32.39 percent to 48.56 percent

D. -18.46 percent to 22.41 percent

E. -18.46 percent to 24.39 percent

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69. A security produced returns of 11 percent, 7 percent, 9 percent, 13 percent, and -14 percent over the past five years, respectively. Based on these five years, what is the probability that this stock will earn more than 16.16 percent in any one given year?

A. .5 percent

B. 1.0 percent

C. 2.5 percent

D. 5.0 percent

E. 16.0 percent

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70. A security produced returns of 12 percent, -11 percent, -2 percent, 15 percent, and 9 percent over the past five years, respectively. Based on these five years, what is the probability that an investor in this stock will lose more than 17.06 percent in any one given year?

A. .50 percent

B. 1.00 percent

C. 1.25 percent

D. 2.50 percent

E. 5.00 percent

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71. A bond has an average return of 11.2 percent and a standard deviation of 14.6 percent. What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time on this security?

A. -18 percent to 43.9 percent

B. -18 percent to 40.1 percent

C. -3.4 percent to 27.8 percent

D. -3.4 percent to 25.8 percent

E. -2.5 percent to 13.9 percent

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72. You own a stock with an average return of 14.6 percent and a standard deviation of 21.2 percent. In any one given year, you have a 95 percent chance that you will not lose more than _____ percent nor earn more than ____ percent on this stock.

A. -25.2; 48.2

B. -27.8; 57.0

C. -42.4;57.0

D. -43.6; 49.4

E. -38.4; 42.6

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73. Home Grown Tomatoes stock returned 11.6 percent, 3.2 percent, 8.1 percent, 14.2, and 9.8 percent over the past five years, respectively. What is the arithmetic average return for this period?

A. 9.38 percent

B. 10.62 percent

C. 8.10 percent

D. 11.93 percent

E. 10.10 percent

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74. You purchased 400 shares of KNO stock five years ago and have earned annual returns of 8.3 percent, 9.6 percent, 18.25 percent, -7.7 percent, and 1.8 percent, respectively. What is your arithmetic average return?

A. 5.47 percent

B. 6.05 percent

C. 6.23 percent

D. 6.47 percent

E. 8.01 percent

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75. A stock produced returns of 11 percent, 19 percent, and 2 percent over three of the past four years, respectively. The arithmetic average for the past four years is 9 percent. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns for the four-year period?

A. 5.46 percent

B. 8.54 percent

C. 9.09 percent

D. 6.83 percent

E. 7.70 percent

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76. A stock produced returns of 14 percent, 17percent, and -1 percent over three of the past four years, respectively. The arithmetic average for the past four years is 6 percent. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns for the four-year period?

A. 11.63 percent

B. 15.94 percent

C. 9.70 percent

D. 6.25 percent

E. 11.23 percent

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77. Your portfolio has provided you with returns of 11.4 percent, 6.2 percent, -.7 percent, and 14.6 percent over the past four years, respectively. What is the geometric average return for this period?

A. 7.25 percent

B. 7.72 percent

C. 7.57 percent

D. 7.63 percent

E. 7.55 percent

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78. The common stock of Mountain Farms has yielded 14.2 percent, 11.7 percent, 3.4 percent, -2.8 percent, and 15.8 percent over the past five years, respectively. What is the geometric average return?

A. 7.91 percent

B. 8.03 percent

C. 8.22 percent

D. 8.27 percent

E. 7.64 percent

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79. A stock has produced returns of 11.9 percent, 5.6 percent, 16.4 percent, and -4.2 percent over the past four years, respectively. What is the geometric average return?

A. 7.14 percent

B. 7.47 percent

C. 6.83 percent

D. 6.91 percent

E. 7.02 percent

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80. Over the last four years, the common stock of Plymouth Shippers has had an arithmetic average return of 10.4 percent. Three of those four years produced returns of 16.1 percent, 15.6 percent, and 9.4 percent, respectively. What is the geometric average return for this four-year period?

A. 9.72 percent

B. 10.41 percent

C. 8.93 percent

D. 10.22 percent

E. 9.38 percent

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81. Over the last four years, a stock has had an arithmetic average return of 12.8 percent. Three of those four years produced returns of 22.6 percent, 15.2 percent, and -24.1 percent, respectively. What is the geometric average return for this four-year period?

A. 10.18 percent

B. 8.39 percent

C. 11.67 percent

D. 12.40 percent

E. 12.67 percent

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82. Suppose a stock had an initial price of $47 per share, paid a dividend of $0.63 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $ 38. What was the capital gains yield?

A. 20.31 percent

B. -23.68 percent

C. 17.39 percent

D. -19.15 percent

E. -18.53 percent

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83. Suppose you bought a$1,000 face value bond with a 5 percent coupon one year ago for $1,020. The bond sells today for $986. If the inflation rate last year was 2.3 percent, what was your total real rate of return on this investment?

A. .02 percent

B. -.71 percent

C. .31 percent

D. .89 percent

E. -.48 percent

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84. A stock has returns for five years of 14 percent, -16 percent, 12 percent, 23 percent, and 4 percent, respectively. The stock has an average return of ______ percent and a standard deviation of _____ percent.

A. 7.40; 13.54

B. 7.04; 14.63

C. 7.40; 14.72

D. 8.60; 14.63

E. 8.60; 16.36

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85. You've observed the following returns on Blast It Corporation's stock over the past five years: 19 percent, -23 percent, 31 percent, 18 percent, and -7 percent, respectively. What was the variance of the returns over this period?

A. .03598

B. .04838

C. .03692

D. .04714

E. .03781

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86. You purchased a zero coupon bond one year ago for $296.50. The market interest rate is now 6.5 percent. If the bond had 15 years to maturity when you originally purchased it, what is your total return to date if the face value of the bond is $1,000?

A. 37.74 percent

B27.40 percent

C. 23.35 percent

D. 19.95 percent

E. 32.58 percent

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87. You bought a share of 7.5 percent preferred stock for $91.60 last year. The market price for your stock is now $89.10. What is your total return to date on this investment?

A. 5.51 percent

B. 4.73 percent

C. 5.86 percent

D. 6.10 percent

E. 5.46 percent

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88. Assume that long-term corporate bonds had an average return of 6.4 percent and a standard deviation of 2.9 percent for a 50-year period. What range of returns would you expect to see on these bonds 68 percent of the time?

A. 3.5 percent to 9.3 percent

B. 3.5 percent to 10.9 percent

C. 2.9 percent to 6.4 percent

D. .6 percent to 11.9 percent

E. .6 percent to 12.2 percent

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89. Assume that large-company stocks had an average return of 12.1 percent and a standard deviation of 19.6 percent for a 40-year period. What range of returns would you expect to see on these stocks 95 percent of the time?

A. -30.3 percent to 53.2 percent

B. -30.3 percent to 73.9 percent

C. -30.3 percent to 64.1 percent

D. -27.1 percent to 53.2 percent

E. -27.1 percent to 51.3 percent

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90. Alpha Industries stock had returns of 17 percent, -11 percent, 9 percent, and 2 percent for four of the last five years, respectively. The average return of the stock over this period was 8.7 percent. What is the standard deviation of the stock's returns?

A. 14.67 percent

B. 12.90 percent

C. 15.14 percent

D. 15.47 percent

E. 14.31 percent

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91. A stock has had returns of 14 percent, -18 percent, 2 percent, 33 percent, 27 percent, and 6 percent over the last six years, respectively. What is the geometric return for this stock?

A. 10.82 percent

B. 9.32 percent

C. 10.31 percent

D. 9.47 percent

E. 8.88 percent

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92. One year ago, you purchased 800 shares of stock for $37 per share. The stock pays $0.25 a share in dividends each year. Today, you sold your shares for $43.25 per share. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

A. $5,040

B. $4,880

C. $4,989

D. $4,989

E. $5,200

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93. One year ago, you purchased a 7 percent coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 when it was selling for 104 percent of par. Today, you sold this bond for 102.5 percent of par. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

A. $85

B. $55

C. $70

D. $15

E. $100

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94. Skyler Parts pays a constant annual dividend. Last year, the dividend yield was 3.75 percent when the stock was selling for $19.75 per share. What is the current price of the stock if the current dividend yield is 5 percent?

A. $17.81

B. $14.81

C. $17.92

D. $20.84

E. $21.37

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95. The Fix Anything Store pays a constant dividend. Last year, the dividend yield was 4.5 percent when the stock was selling for $36.25 a share. What must the stock price be today if the market currently requires a 4 percent dividend yield on this stock?

A. $40.78

B. $28.48

C. $25.89

D. $45.09

E. $38.37

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96. The stock of Pepito Organic Foods is priced at $45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2 percent. The firm pays constant annual dividends. What is the amount of the next dividend per share?

A. $1.10

B. $1.72

C. $0.99

D. $0.91

E. $1.15

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97. One year ago, you bought a stock for $62.35 per share. You received a dividend of $1.40 per share last month and sold the stock today for $63.75 per share. What is the capital gains yield on this investment?

A. 1.91 percent

B. -2.30 percent

C. 2.25 percent

D. 2.40 percent

E. -2.40 percent

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98. Constant Dreamers Advertising pays a constant annual dividend of $1.45 per share on its stock. Last year at this time, the market rate of return on this stock was 11.5 percent. Today, the market rate has fallen to 10.2 percent. What would your capital gains yield have been if you had purchased this stock one year ago and then sold the stock today?

A. -13.11 percent

B. -11.30 percent

C. 11.35 percent

D. 12.96 percent

E. 12.75 percent

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99. One year ago, Jeni purchased 250 shares of TMO stock for $12,658. Today, she sold those shares for $52 per share. What is the capital gains yield on this investment if the dividend yield is 1.1 percent?

A. -3.00 percent

B. -2.75 percent

C. 3.10 percent

D. 2.70 percent

E. 1.95 percent

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100. One year ago, Brookes purchased 200 shares of Surfer Bay stock for $22,250. Today, he sold those shares for $114.00 per share. What is the total return on this investment if the dividend yield is 1.2 percent?

A. 4.47 percent

B. 3.67 percent

C. 1.93 percent

D. 0.76 percent

E. 2.98 percent

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