Question $32$

Cronox Industries and Zealous Incorporated share prices and dividends are shown below for the

period $1995-2000.$

i$.$ Use the data given to calculate annual returns for Cronox, and Zealous.

ii$.$ Compute average return $($Arithmetic Average$)$ over the five$-$year period $(2006-2010)$

iii. Calculate the risk $($standard deviation of returns$)$ for both Cronox and Zealous.

iv$.$ Calculate the coefficient of variation for both companies

v$.$ Compare the two companies in terms of risk and returns.

vi$.$ Calculate the correlation coefficient between the two stock

vii. Calculate the portfolio risk and return assuming the assets are equally weighted.$|$