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You are trying to evaluate the stand-alone risk characteristics of ABC Corp. Over the past four years, ABC stock has returned 4.3%, -3.7%, 21.8%, and 14.6%, respectively, on an annual basis.  What is ABC’s expected return? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [ER] What is the standard deviation on ABC stock? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [SD]

You are trying to evaluate the stand-alone risk characteristics of ABC Corp. Over the past four years, ABC stock has returned -15.7%, 28.7%, 19.6%, and 4.1%, respectively, on an annual basis.  What is ABC’s expected return? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [ER] What is the standard deviation on ABC stock? (Answer in percentage terms and round answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations) [SD]

Which one of the following is the positively sloped linear function that is created when expected returns are graphed against security betas? 

Which one of the following best illustrates erosion as it relates to a hot dog stand located on the beach? 

Find the exact value of the given expression. No approximations! Show your work! 

Find the exact value of each expression. Show your work! DO NOT use a calculator. a)

Again, remember that your webcam must be pointed so that BOTH your hands and your desktop AND your face can be clearly seen for the entire duration of the test.  This quiz is closed book. The use of any resources including devices, websites, notes, or another person is a violation of academic integrity.  Failure to follow the rules of this test will result in a ZERO on the quiz.

Barbara arrived home from work in a very bad mood. Her husband James asked her why she seems so angry and upset. Barbara had not thought about her mood before James mentioned it, but she thought hard about what led her to be so sullen. Barbara informed James that it was because she was hungry and tired. According to Nisbett and Wilson (1977), the researchers who studied participants’ explanations for choice of pantyhose, Barbara______ her behavior.

In a test of cognitive dissonance theory, Balcetis and Dunning (2007) had college students walk around campus while wearing a grass skirt, coconut bra, and fruit basket hat. E informed Pp that “no other tasks were available” or that it was “ok if they decline and perform another task.”  At its conclusion, which Pp underestimated the distance of the walk?