In: Finance
You’ve observed the following returns on Yasmin Corporation’s
stock over the past five years: 17 percent, –15 percent, 19
percent, 29 percent, and 10 percent.
a. What was the arithmetic average return on the
company's stock over this five-year period? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded
to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.)
Average return
%
b-1 What was the variance of the company's stock
returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate
calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g.,
32.16161.)
Variance
b-2 What was the standard deviation of the
company's stock returns over this period? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded
to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Standard deviation