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?

Which of the following countries did not emerge as one of the five great powers during the 18th & 19th centuries? 

You invest $1,800 in a complete portfolio. The complete portfolio is composed of a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 12% and a standard deviation of 15% and a Treasury bill with a rate of return of 4%. __________ of your complete portfolio should be invested in the risky portfolio if you want your complete portfolio to have a standard deviation of 9%.

Which of the following does NOT apply to Napoleon?