Question 1. According to Investment Digest ("Diversification and the Risk/Reward Relationship", Winter 1994, 1-3), the mean of the annual return for common stocks from 1926 to 1992 was 16.5%, and the standard deviation of the annual return was 19%.
In later parts of the question we will ask:
For this part, answer the following question:
What is the area between the mean and actual score?
A=.408 B=.039
A=.307 B=.031
A=.408 B=.319
A=.308 B=.039
Question 2.
a. What is the probability that the stock returns are greater than 0%?
b. What is the probability that the stock returns are less than 18%?
P>0=80.7; P<18=53.1
P>0=86.7; P<18=53.2
P>0=19.2; P<18=46.8
P>0=29.7; P<18=53.2