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 | % | |