CAPM AND EXPECTED RETURN

a. given the following holding period return, compute the average return and the standard deviation for the sugita corporation and for the market.

b. if sugitas beta is 1.11 and the risk free rate is 6%, what would be an expected return for an investor owning sugita? (note: because the preceding return are based on monthly data, you will need to annualize the returns to make them comparable with the risk free rate. For simplicity, you can convert from monthly to yearly returns by multiplying the average monthly returns by 12.)

c. how does sugitas historical average return compare with the return you should expect based on the Capital Asset pricing model and the firs systematic risk?

Month	Sugita corp	Market
1	2.0%	1.2%
2	-1.0	2.0
3	0.0	3.0
4	0.0	0.0
5	6.0	5.0
6	6.0	1.0

A. given the holding period return shown in the table, the average monthly return for the sugita corp. is _____% round to two decimal places

The standard deviation for the sugita corp. is _____ %round to two decimal places

The standard deviation for the market is _______ %round to two decimal places

B. If Sugitas beta is 1.11 and the risk free rate is 6%, the expected return for an investor owning Sugita is _______ round to two decimal places.

The average annual historical return for Sugita is _____% round to two decimal places

C. How does Sugitas historical average return compare with the return you should expect based on the capital asset pricing model and the firms systematic risk (select from the drop down menu)

Sugitals historical average return is A) LESS THAN OR B) GREATER THAN the return based on the capital asset pricing model and the firms systematic risk.