1. A stock had returns of 5 percent, -8 percent, 2 percent, and 13 percent over the past 4 years. What is the standard deviation of this stock for the past four years?
8.7 percent
4.4 percent
3.0 percent
15.0 percent
2. Suppose a stock had an initial price of $56 per share, paid a dividend of $1.85 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $63. Compute the percentage total return.
14.05
16.59
15.80
17.50
3. You purchased 340 shares of stock at a price of $54.57 per share. Over the last year, you have received total dividend income of $380. What is the dividend yield?
23.7 percent
1.1 percent
7.8 percent
2.0 percent
7.0 percent
4. Sixx AM Manufacturing has a target debt-equity ratio of 0.61. Its cost of equity is 17 percent, and its cost of debt is 9 percent. If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the company's WACC?
12.81%
12.17%
10.25%
13.45%
10.13%
5. A stock has an expected return of 15 percent, its beta is 0.35, and the risk-free rate is 9 percent. What must the expected return on the market be?
17.14%
26.14%
27.45%
24.84%
27.19%
Please answer all questions.