1. Suppose International Trading Company’s stock returns follow a normal distribution with a mean of 17.5 percent and a standard deviation of 8.5 percent. What is the range of returns in which about 95 percent of International Trading’s stock returns are located?

2. The returns on the market of common stocks and on Treasury bills are contingent on the economy as follows.

Economic Condition	Probability	Market Return	Treasury Bills
Recession	0.25	-8.2%	3.5%
Normal	0.50	12.3	3.5
Boom	0.25	25.8	3.5

a. Calculate the expected returns on the market and Treasury bills.

b. Calculate the expected risk premium.

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The mean return for the company is 175 and it follows a normal distribution ie both sides of distrib... View the full answer