Suppose an investor buys 20 share of a particular stock at R10 per share and sell them all a year from now. The possibilities in one year's time are either, the stock will be worthless, with probability 0.2, you will break even, with probability 0.5 or the value of the stock will double, with probability 0.3. Let a random variable X the investor's gain from buying the 20 shares. The variance of gains from purchasing the stock is Question 6 OA. 19600 О в. 1400 OC. 14420 O D. 35476 « < Question 6 of 25 > » A Moving to another question will save this response. 09:08 辰 ENG 2022/03/03 Pr here to search T430 lenovo F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F10 F11 F12 Home End Insert Delet F1 & Backs 2 3 5 € 7 9 T Y F G J K L B N P 01 IM * C0 今4 %23

Suppose an investor buys 20 share of a particular stock at R10 per share and sell them all a year from now. The possibilities in one year's time are either, the stock will be worthless, with probability 0.2, you will break even, with probability 0.5 or the value of the stock will double, with probability 0.3. Let a random variable X the investor's gain from buying the 20 shares. The variance of gains from purchasing the stock is Question 6 OA. 19600 О в. 1400 OC. 14420 O D. 35476 « < Question 6 of 25 > » A Moving to another question will save this response. 09:08 辰 ENG 2022/03/03 Pr here to search T430 lenovo F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F10 F11 F12 Home End Insert Delet F1 & Backs 2 3 5 € 7 9 T Y F G J K L B N P 01 IM * C0 今4 %23

Essentials Of Investments

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ISBN:9781260013924

Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues

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