Consider the following information: |
Rate of Return if State Occurs | |||
State of Economy | Probability of State of Economy | Stock A | Stock B |
Recession | 0.20 | 0.05 | -0.21 |
Normal | 0.70 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
Boom | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.31 |
Required: |
(a) |
Calculate the expected return for Stock A. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) |
7.20% 7.85% 8.81% 10.03% 6.24% |
(b) |
Calculate the expected return for Stock B. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) |
8.70% 8.00% 10.14% 8.27% 9.05% |
(c) |
Calculate the standard deviation for Stock A. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) |
2.09% 1.48% 2.19% 1.98% 2.17% |
(d) |
Calculate the standard deviation for Stock B. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) |
15.68% 11.09% 17.46% 14.89% 16.31% |
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