12 finance questions.. Each question has to be 4-5 sentences

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Chapter 9 HW Questions Note: For each non-excel question, you must provide your source in the proper APA format. Reminder: If you DO NOT have a formula within your answer cell, it will not be marked correct! You must show your work within the excel formula! 1. Stock Market Index: What is a stock market index? 2. Stock Market Index: What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average? 3. Stock Market Index: What does NASDAQ stand for? What is NASDAQ? 4. Dividend Yield: What is a dividend yield? What does it tell us? --1. Returns: Describe the difference between a total holding period return and an expected return. 2. Historical market: Describe the general relation between risk and return that we observe in the historical bond and stock market data. 3.Diversification: Describe how investing in more than one asset can reduce risk through diversification. 4. Systematic risk: Define systematic risk. 5. Measuring systematic risk: Susan is expecting the returns on the market portfolio to be negative in the near term. Since she is managing a stock mutual fund, she must remain invested in a portfolio of stocks. However, she is allowed to adjust the beta of her portfolio. What kind of beta would you recommend for Susan's portfolio? 6. Measuring systematic risk: Describe and justify what the value of the beta of a U.S. Treasury bill should be. 7. Measuring systematic risk: If the expected rate of return for the market is not much greater than the risk-free rate of return, what does this suggest about the general level of compensation for bearing systematic risk? 8. CAPM: Describe the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and what it tells us