J. M. Keyes put all his money in one stock, and the stock doubled in value in a matter of months. He did this three times in a row with three different stocks. J. M. got his picture on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. However, the paper never mentioned the thousands of investors who made similar bets on other stocks and lost most of their money. This is an example of the __________ problem in deciding how efficient the markets are.

You have a $44,000 portfolio consisting of Intel, GE, and Con Edison. You put $21,600 in Intel, $9,600 in GE, and the rest in Con Edison. Intel, GE, and Con Edison have betas of 1.3, 1, and 0.8, respectively. What is your portfolio beta?

An investment earns 20% the first year, earns 25% the second year, and loses 24% the third year. The total compound return over the 3 years was __________.

You purchased a share of stock for $39. One year later you received $2.65 as dividend and sold the share for $38. Your holding-period return was __________.

Which statement best describes Catherine the Great of Russia?

You consider buying a share of stock at a price of $14. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1.34 next year, and your advisory service tells you that you can expect to sell the stock in 1 year for $17. The stock’s beta is 1.8, rf is 11%, and E[rm] = 21%. What is the stock’s abnormal return?

The standard deviation of return on investment A is 30%, while the standard deviation of return on investment B is 25%. If the covariance of returns on A and B is 0.007, the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B is __________.

The expected return of a portfolio is 9.3%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. If the portfolio standard deviation is 16%, what is the reward-to-variability ratio of the portfolio?

The excess return is the __________.

Which statement best describes the European peasantry in the eighteenth century?