Returns for the Alcoff Company over the last $3$ years are shown below. What's the standard deviation of the firm's returns? $($Hint: This is a sample, not a complete population, so the sample standard deviation formula should be used.$)$

Year

Return

$2010$

$18\mathrm{.}00\%$

$2009$

$10\mathrm{.}75\%$

$2008$

$25\mathrm{.}00\%$

a$.26\mathrm{.}79\%$

b$.5\mathrm{.}82\%$

c$.18\mathrm{.}95\%$

d$.15\mathrm{.}47\%$

e$.7\mathrm{.}13\%$

Hazel Morrison, a mutual fund manager, has a $$25$ million portfolio with a beta of $0\mathrm{.}95.$ The risk$-$free rate is $5\mathrm{.}00\%,$ and the market risk premium is $6\mathrm{.}00\%.$ Hazel expects to receive an additional $$65$ million, which she plans to invest in additional stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required and expected return to be $13\mathrm{.}00\%.$ What must the average beta of the new stocks be to achieve the target required rate of return?

a$.1\mathrm{.}72$

b$.1\mathrm{.}57$

c$.1\mathrm{.}27$

d$.1\mathrm{.}48$

e$.3\mathrm{.}42$

A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $$1\mathrm{.}30$ at the end of the year. The required rate of return is rs $=10\mathrm{.}9\%,$ and the expected constant growth rate is g $=6\mathrm{.}4\%.$ What is the stock's current price?

a$.$ $$20\mathrm{.}31$

b$.$ $$28\mathrm{.}89$

c$.$ $$25\mathrm{.}74$

d$.$ $$30\mathrm{.}74$

e$.$ $$32\mathrm{.}04$