| The table below lists information on price per share and shares outstanding for three companies Lair Enterprises, Kurlew, Inc., and Mowe, Ltd. 
|   | As of Beginning of Year  | As of End of Year  |  
| Stock  | Price Per Share ($)  | # Shares Outstanding  | Price Per Share($)
 | # Shares Outstanding  |  
| Lair  | 15  | 10,000  | 10  | 10,000  |  
| Kurlew  | 45  | 5,000  | 60  | 5,000  |  
| Mowe  | 90  | 500  | 110  | 500  |  Assume that at the beginning of the year, the value of the market-weighted index was 100. The one-year return on the market-weighted index is closest to:  The correct answer was C) 8.33%.  Expand the table as follows: 
|   | As of Beginning of Year 1  |   | As of End of Year 1  |   |  
| Stock  | Price Per Share (in $)
 | # Shares Outstanding  | Market Capitalization (in $)  | Price Per Share (in $)
 | # Shares Outstanding  | Market Capitalization (in $)  |  
| Lair  | 15  | 10,000  | 150,000  | 10  | 10,000  | 100,000  |  
| Kurlew  | 45  | 5,000  | 225,000  | 60  | 5,000  | 300,000  |  
| Mowe  | 90  | 500  | 45,000  | 110  | 500  | 55,000  |  
| Total  | 150  |   | 420,000  | 170  |   | 455,000  |  First, we will calculate the year-end market-weighted index value, then we will calculate the return percentage. Value of market-weighted index = [(market capitalizationyear-end) / (market capitalizationbeginning of year)]* Beginning index value
 = (455,000 / 420,000) * 100 = 108.33
 One-Year Return = [(Index valueyear-end / Index valuebeginning of year) -1]* 100= [ (108.33 / 100) -1] * 100% = 8.33%.
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