Consider the following rates of return:
Year Large Company Stocks US Treasury Bills
1 3.98% 4.56%
2 14.33 4.92
3 19.17 3.84
4 -14.51 6.98
5 -32.00 5.22
6 37.41 5.36
C. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the arithmetic average risk premium over this period?
Average Risk Premium 16.34%?
C2. Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for the large-company stocks versus the T-bills. What was the standard deviation of the risk premium over this period?
Standard Deviation 15.67?