Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 1SE
Spreadsheet Exercise
Jane is considering investing in three different stocks or creating three distinct two-stock portfolios. Jane views herself as a rather conservative investor. She is able to obtain historical returns for the three securities for the years 2012 through 2018. The data are given in the following table.
In any of the possible two-stock portfolios, the we1ght of each stock m the portfolio will be 50%. The three possible portfolio combinations are AB, AC, and BC.
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Create a spreadsheet similar to Tables 8.6 and 8.7 to answer the following:
- a. Calculate the average return for each individual stock.
- b. Calculate the standard deviation for each individual stock.
- c. Calculate the average returns for portfolios AB, AC, and BC.
- d. Calculate the standard deviations for portfolios AB, AC, and BC.
- e. Would you recommend that Jane invest in the single stock A or the portfolio consisting of stocks A and B? Explain your answer from a risk-return viewpoint
- f. Would you recommend that Jane invest in the single stock B or the portfolio consisting of stocks B and C? Explain your answer from a risk-return viewpoint
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