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Consider the following (actual) monthly adjusted closing price data for Starbucks stock over the period December 2004 through December 2005
End of Month Price Data for Starbucks Stock
| December, 2004 | $31.18
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| January, 2005 | $27.00
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| February, 2005 | $25.91
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| March, 2005 | $25.83
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| April, 2005 | $24.76
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| May, 2005 | $27.40
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| June, 2005 | $25.83
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| July, 2005 | $26.27
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| August, 2005 | $24.51
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| September, 2005 | $25.05
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| October, 2005 | $28.28
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| November, 2005 | $30.45
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| December, 2005 | $30.51
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Question 1
(10) Using the data in the table, what is the simple monthly return between the end of December 2004 and the end of January 2005?
Question 2
(10) If you invested $10,000 in Starbucks at the end of December 2004, how much would the investment be worth at the end of January 2005?
Question 3
(10) Using the data in the table, what is the continuously compounded monthly return between December 2004 and January 2005?
Question 4
(10) Assuming that the simple monthly return you computed in Question 1 is the same for 12 months, what is the annual return with monthly compounding?
Question 5
(10) Assuming that the continuously compounded monthly return you computed in Question 3 is the same for 12 months, what is the continuously compounded annual return?
Question 6
(10) Using the data in the table, compute the actual simple annual return between December 2004 and December 2005.
Question 7
(10) If you invested $10,000 in Starbucks at the end of December 2004, how much would the investment be worth at the end of December 2005?
Question 8
(10) Using the data in the table, compute the actual annual continuously compounded return between December 2004 and December 2005.