Finance Exam

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Sheet1

Google stock PRICE Amount of gain Rate of return
Dec,5,2007 $698.51 ($396.52) -56.77%
Dec,5,2008 $301.99
Plaxos stocks Total return % rate of return
initial share price 9.45 3.64 38.52%
ending share price 11.66
divdends 1.43
Time Caswell Average rate of return geometric mean
1 $12 0.00 1
2 9 -0.25 0.75
3 7 -0.22 0.78
4 6 -0.14 0.86
5 8 0.33 0.67
Arithmetic average rate of return -5.63% 4.06
Geometric average rate of return 0.3234
SYNTAX
Common Stock A
Probability Return X-E[X] (X-E[X])^2
0.2 10% -5.8% 0.003364
0.6 16% 0.2% 0.000004
0.2 21% 5.2% 0.002704
Expected returns 15.80%
variance 0.001216
standard deviation 0.0348711915
Common Stock B
Probability Return X-E[X] (X-E[X])^2
0.1 -7% -15.50% 2.40%
0.4 5% -3.50% 0.12%
0.4 13% 4.50% 0.20%
0.1 20% 11.50% 1.32%
Expected returns 8.50%
variance 0.005025
standard deviation 0.0708872344

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