In: Finance
You are given the following information concerning a stock and the market:
| Returns | ||||||
| Year | Market | Stock | ||||
| 2011 | 14 | % | 26 | % | ||
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 2013 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 2014 | −15 | −31 | ||||
| 2015 | 35 | 16 | ||||
| 2016 | 15 | 18 | ||||
a. Calculate the average return and standard deviation for the market and the stock.
b. Calculate the correlation between the stock and the market, as well as the stock’s beta.