In: Finance
Consider the following information:
  
| Probability of State | Rate of Return if State Occurs | ||||||||||
| Economy | of Economy | Stock A | Stock B | ||||||||
| Recession | .22 | .020 | (0.37) | ||||||||
| Normal | .57 | .100 | .27 | ||||||||
| Boom | .21 | .260 | .50 | ||||||||
  
a. Calculate the expected return for the two
stocks.
| Expected return | ||
| E(RA) | % | |
| E(RB) | % | |
  
b. Calculate the standard deviation for the two
stocks.
| Standard deviation | ||
| σA | % | |
| σB | % | |