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234 PART 2 Ma Mini Case This Mini Case is available in MyFinanceLab Note: Although not absolutely necessary, you are advised to use a computer spread sheet to work the following problem a. Use the price data from the table that follows for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, Wal-Mart, and Target to calculate the holding-period returns for the 24 months from May 2013 through May 2015. S&P 500 WAL-MART TARGET MONTH 2013 Ma June $69.50 68.86 71.25 63.31 63.98 64.79 63.93 63.27 $1,631 1,606 August Septem October November December 2014 $74.84 74.49 77.94 72.98 73.96 76.75 81.01 8.69 1,633 1,757 56.64 62.54 60.51 61.75 56.76 5795 59.59 60.07 62.68 61.82 74.00 1,783 74.68 74.70 76.43 79.71 76.77 75.07 73.58 75.50 6.47 76.27 87.54 85.88 nua February March 1,872 1,884 1,924 May une July August September October November 2,003 1.972 2,018 2,068 December 2015 January February March 84.98 83.93 82.25 78.05 2,105 2,068 76.83 82.07 8.83 79.29 ril "b. Calculate the average monthly holding-period returns and the standard de- $ viation of these returns for the S&P 500 Index, Wal-Mart, and Target Poor's 500 Index. (Use Figure 6-5 as the format for your graph.) same comparison for Target. . Vc. Plot(1) the holding-period returns for Wal-Mart against the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, and (2) the Target holding-period returns against the Standard & d. From your graphs in part (c), describe the nature of the relationship between the stock returns for Wal-Mart and the returns for the S&P 500 Index. Make the e. Assume that you have decided to invest one-half of your money in Wal-Mart and the remainder in Target. Calculate the monthly holding-period returns for your two-stock portfolio. (Hint: The monthly return for the portfolio is the average of the two stocks' monthly returns.)