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Consider the three stocks in the following table. Pt represents price at time t, and Qt represents shares outstanding at time t. Stock C splits two-for-one in the last period.
P0 | Q0 |
P1 |
Q1 | P2 |
Q2 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 97 | 100 | 102 | 100 | 102 |
100 |
B | 57 | 200 | 52 | 200 | 52 | 200 |
C | 114 | 200 | 124 | 200 | 62 | 400 |
a. Calculate the rate of return on a
price-weighted index of the three stocks for the first period
(t = 0 to t = 1). (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
Rate of return | ______% |
b. What will be the divisor for the
price-weighted index in year 2? (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
Divisor | _______ |
c. Calculate the rate of return of the
price-weighted index for the second period (t = 1 to
t = 2).
Rate of Return | ______% |