Risk and Return of a Single Asset

The holding period return

Return and risk together

The risk-free rate and the benchmark

The reward for waiting versus the reward for risk

A share is bought for 50 dollars, sold a year later for 55 dollars, and paid a 2 dollar dividend during the year. What is the holding period return?

Which pair makes up a stock's holding period return?

An asset returns 12 percent while Treasury bills yield 4 percent. What is the excess return, and what does it measure?

Why is distinguishing the reward for waiting from the reward for risk analytically important?

Why is standard deviation, based on squared deviations from the mean, a sensible risk measure for financial returns?

Why must holding period returns be annualized before comparing investments held for different spans?

What two-word term names the difference between a risky asset's expected return and the risk-free rate? Answer in lowercase.

What three-word Treasury instrument, maturing in under a year, defines the risk-free rate in practice? Answer in lowercase.

What three-letter abbreviation names the single-period return combining price change and income? Write the abbreviation.

What rate, paid by the safest short-term government borrowing, compensates an investor for waiting alone? Answer with three words.