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FINC 4542 --- Assignment 1

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State of Probability Stock X S&P 500

Economy

Boom 30% 50% 10%

Normal Growth 50% 18% 20%

Recession 20% -20% -15%

1. What is the expected return on stock X?

2. What is the standard deviation of returns on stock X?

3. What is the covariance of returns between stock X and the S&P 500?

4. What is the correlation coefficient between stock X and the S&P 500?

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Year Returns

MSFT S&P 500

2013 40% 10%

2014 18% 17%

2015 33% 23%

5. What is the mean return for MSFT?

6. What is the standard deviation of returns for MSFT?

7. What is the covariance of returns between MSFT and the S&P 500 stock index?

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