The historical risk premium is the difference between the realized annual return from investing in stocks and the realized annual return from investing in a riskless security (T. Bill, T. Bond) over a past time period. To estimate this risk premium, how long a time period should you use?
a)Just one year (last year)
b)Last 5 years (to reflect current conditions)
c)As long a time period as you can get the historical data for
d)Should match the time period on your riskfree rate
e)Should match the time period used to estimate your beta
Assume that next year turns out to be a terrible year for stocks. If that occurs, you should expect to see the historical risk premium next year:
a)Go up
b)Go down
