1) Arithmetic mean Standard Deviation 1. Intermediate T-Bond 2.15592593 7.08417535 2.
T-bond 2.74185185 12.7163729 3. EAFE Index 7.
49074074 23.4421382 4. S&P 500 5.31518519 16.
8600115 5. Small Stock Index 8.01444444 24.8112222 2) Payoff per $1.00 Invested 1. Intermediate T-bond $10.
05447301 2. T-bond $10.47833304 3. EAFE Index $23.11274502 4. S&P Index $15.
0826532 5. Small Stock Index $22.6971407 The EAFE Index would have had the biggest payoff if $1.00 was invested. 3) Payoff Inflation Increase in purchasing power S&P : 15.
08265 / 4.324340574 3.49 increase from holding S&P. 1-month T-bill: 6.
146689 / 4.324340574 1.42 increase from holding T-bill. 4) Reward to variability 1.
Intermediate T-bond 0.30433 2. T-bond 0.215616 3. EAFE Index 0.
319542 4. S&P Index 0.315254 5. Small Stock Index 0.323017 The small stock index gives us the best tradeoff during the 27 year period with a reward to variability of 0.323017, the highest of all of the assets in this sample.
5) Arithmetic Average Std. Dev. Reward to Var. Passive International Portfolio : 4.976556 12.
87484 0.386533 The reward to variability is higher for this portfolio than any other portfolios we calculated thus far. 6) Portfolio of 40% Long-term Bonds and 60% S&P 500 : Arithmetic Average : 4.285851852 Standard deviation : 13.5640429 Reward to Var. : 0.
315971564 The Reward to variability ratio for the passive international portfolio exceeds that of the portfolio of 40% Long-term Bonds and 60% S&P 500 Index. 8) The estimated beta for Chrysler Corporation was 1.70288964 for the period 1987 - 1990. For a portfolio of Utility stocks for the same time period, the beta was 0.62188145. These betas were derives from using the S&P excess return index.
