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3.      The following are the monthly rates of return for Madison Cookies and for Sophie Electric during a six-month period.
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|
Month |
Madison Cookies |
Sophie Electric |
|
1 |
−0.04 |
0.07 |
|
2 |
0.06 |
−0.02 |
|
3 |
−0.07 |
−0.10 |
|
4 |
0.12 |
0.15 |
|
5 |
−0.02 |
−0.06 |
|
6 |
0.05 |
0.02 |
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Compute the following.
a.   Average monthly rate of return -Ri
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for each stock
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b.   Standard deviation of returns for each  stock
c.   Covariance between the rates of  return
d.   The correlation coefficient between the rates of  return
What level of correlation did you expect? How did your expectations compare with the computed correlation? Would these two stocks be good choices for diversification? Why   or why not?
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