he following three defense stocks are to be combined into a stock index in January 2016 (perhaps a portfolio manager believes these locks are an appropriate benchmark for his or her performance): Calculate the initial value of the index if a price-weighting scheme is used. b. What is the rate of retum on this index for the year ending December 31, 2016? For the year ending December 31, 2017? (A negative value should be indicated by o minus sign. Do not round intermediote colculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)