P13-6 Calculating Expected Return [LO1]
Consider the following information: |
State of Economy | Probability of State of Economy | Rate of Return if State Occurs |
Recession | 0.11 | -0.02 |
Normal | 0.45 | 0.16 |
Boom | 0.44 | 0.24 |
Required: |
Calculate the expected return. |
expected return. = 0.18
STATE | PROBABILITY | MEAN Returns(X ) | (PROBABILITY * X ) |
RECESSION | 11% | -0.02 | (0.00) |
NORMAL | 45% | 0.16 | 0.07 |
BOOM | 44% | 0.24 | 0.11 |
Total | TOTAL | 0.18 |
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