You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -25.5 percent, 14 percent, 31 percent, 2.5 percent, and 21.5 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.) c. What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: -25.5 percent, 14 percent, 31 percent, 2.5 percent, and 21.5 percent. a. What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.) c. What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter8: Analysis Of Risk And Return

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