              BETA AND ALPHA                                                    
                                                                                
GIVEN DATA WITH REGARDS TO PRICES AND DIVIDENDS OVER A                          
PERIOD OF TIME FOR A GIVEN STOCK AND AN INVESTOR SELECTED                       
MARKET INDEX THIS PROGRAM WILL COMPUTE THE ALPHA AND BETA                       
VALUES FOR A STOCK ALONG WITH ITS EXPECTED RETURN, VARIANCE                     
OF RETURN, AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF RETURN.                                    
                                                                                
PRESS ENTER TO BEGIN?                                                           
HOW MANY PERIODS OF DATA ARE AVAILABLE ? 3                                      
                                                                                
INPUT MARKET INDEX PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR PERIOD 1 ? 123,55                         
INPUT MARKET INDEX PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR PERIOD 2 ? 149,66                         
INPUT MARKET INDEX PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR PERIOD 3 ? 197,77                         
                                                                                
INPUT STOCK PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR  PERIOD   1 ? 23.45,5.60                         
INPUT STOCK PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR  PERIOD   2 ? 33.98,6.30                         
INPUT STOCK PRICE,DIVIDEND FOR  PERIOD   3 ? 44.36,7.23                         
THE NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS =  3                                                 
THE ESTIMATED EQUATION IS Y =    -2.193 X  +     2.358                          
                                                                                
THE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT = -1.0000                                           
THE COEFF. OF DETERMINATION = 1.0000                                            
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THE STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE =                                                
13407807929942595611008317640802934282464207265959107021466054756094376573581619
054852612241927956455650759996398703782412109633178814162067569513603268608.000 
ALPHA         =  2.35782                                                        
BETA          = -2.19277                                                        
EXPECTED RETURN    =  .617972                                                   
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VARIANCE OF RETURN=  1.79769E+308                                               
STAN DEV OF RETURN=  1.34078E+154                                               
FOR INDEX EXPECTED RETURN = .793447    VAR OF RETURN = 4.13674E-3               
   SD OF RETURN =  6.43175E-2                                                   
                                                                                
PRESS ENTER TO SUBMIT DATA FOR SAME TIME PERIOD BUT                             
DIFFERENT STOCK,I.E. MARKET DATA STAYS THE SAME? 0                              
