Roddy Richards invested $12014.88 in Wolverine Meat Distributors (W. M.D.) five years ago. The investment had yearly arithmetic returns of minus−9.7%, minus−8.1%, 15%, 7.2%, and 15.4%. What is the arithmetic average return of Roddy Richard's investment?
A. 4.63%
B. 8.78%
C. 6.96%
D. 3.38%

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.