Use the end of year price and dividend data $($dividend paid during year$)$ provided below for the

common stocks of Norvell and Mullen to respond to the questions $5$ through $9.$

Compute the annual holding period returns for $2019$ through $2023$ for each stock.

Compute the arithmetic mean annual return and the geometric mean annual return over the five

year period for each stock.

Compute the standard deviation of the annual returns over the five$-$year period for each stock.

Assuming that the inflation rate was $6\mathrm{.}50\%$ in $2023,$ what was the "real rate of return" on Norvell's

common stock in $2023?$

Given that the annual yield on a one$-$year Treasury Bill in $2023$ was $3\mathrm{.}80\%,$ what was the ex post

risk premium on Napier's common stock in $2023?$