FUND. OF CORPORATE FIN. 18MNTH ACCESS
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ISBN: 9781259811913
Author: Ross
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 12, Problem 7QP
Summary Introduction
To determine: The arithmetic average, standard deviation, and variance of Security X and Security Y.
Introduction:
Arithmetic average return refers to the returns that an investment earns in an average year over different periods.
Variance refers to the average difference of squared deviations of the actual data from the mean or average.
Standard deviation refers to the deviation of the observations from the mean.
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