2. The rate of retum expectation for the common stock of ABC company đuring the next year are: (10pts) Possible rate of return -0.10 0.00 0.10 0.25 Probability | 0.25 0.15 0.35 0.25 Compute the expected returm (E/R) on this investment, the variance of this return (02), and its standard deviation (0).

2. The rate of retum expectation for the common stock of ABC company đuring the next year are: (10pts) Possible rate of return -0.10 0.00 0.10 0.25 Probability | 0.25 0.15 0.35 0.25 Compute the expected returm (E/R) on this investment, the variance of this return (02), and its standard deviation (0).

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Chapter8: Risk And Rates Of Return

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