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:

Economic Profits

The difference between total revenues and total explicit and implicit costs.

Monopolist

A monopolist is a sole provider of a product or service in a market, possessing significant market power to set prices above competitive levels due to lack of competition.

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by an infinite number of small firms, homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and perfect information, leading to firms being price takers.

MR

Short for Marginal Revenue, it refers to the increase in total revenue that results from selling one additional unit of a product or service.