Stock y has a beta of 1.2 and an expected return of 14.5 percent. stock z has a beta of .7 and an expected return of 9.3 percent. if the risk-free rate is 5.6 percent and the market risk premium is 6.6 percent, the reward-to-risk ratios for stocks y and z are and percent, respectively. since the sml reward-to-risk is percent, stock y is and stock z is . (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.