The Total Annual Returns on Common Stocks Averaged 13

question 6

Multiple Choice

The total annual returns on common stocks averaged 13.3% from 1957 to 2003. Small company stocks averaged 10.64%, long-term bonds averaged 8.96%, while Treasury Bills averaged 6.8%. What was the average risk premium earned by long-term Bonds, and small company stocks respectively?

• A) 9.5%; 1.8%
• B) 4.4%; 11.9%
• C) 2.16%; 3.84%
• D) 1.8%; 13.3%

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Definitions:

Holding-period Return

The overall profit earned from owning an asset or a collection of assets for a certain duration, taking into account both earnings and growth in value.

Dividend

Money distributed by a corporation to its shareholders, often as a share of the earnings.

Reward-to-volatility Ratio

A ratio used to assess the return of an investment relative to its risk, calculated by dividing the excess return of an investment by its standard deviation.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean, often used to quantify the risk associated with a particular investment.