Introduction to Corporate Finance

PART 2: VAlUATION, RISK AND RETURN

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to the results obtained above. (Hint: historical time

series data for the T-Bill Index can be obtained from

S&P (http://au.spindices.com/indices/fixed-income/sp-

bgcantor-us-treasury-bill-index), as can data for the S&P

500. Data for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices can also
     be obtained from Yahoo! Finance (http://au.finance.
     yahoo.com). US CPI data can be obtained from the US
     Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cpi/)).
     3 Conduct a similar analysis for the Australian share
     market using the ASX All Ordinaries and S&P/ASX
     200 Share Price Indices and the Consumer Price Index

(CPI). Compare these results with those for the US

market. Hint: Long, dated historical time series data

for Australian CPI can be sourced from the Australian

Bureau of Statistics website (http://www.abs.gov.au).

More recent data on the S&P/ASX 200 and CPI are

available from the Reserve Bank of Australia website

(http://www.rba.gov.au). Historical share price indices

data are available from the Australian Stock Exchange

website (http://www.asx.com.au) and Yahoo! Finance

(http://au.finance.yahoo.com).