Following are four economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns: Economic State Fast growth Slow growth Recession Depression Probability 0.22 0.52 0.19 0.07 Expected return Standard deviation Return 76% Compute the expected return and standard deviation. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places. % % 18 -18 -52
Following are four economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns: Economic State Fast growth Slow growth Recession Depression Probability 0.22 0.52 0.19 0.07 Expected return Standard deviation Return 76% Compute the expected return and standard deviation. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places. % % 18 -18 -52
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![Following are four economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns:
Probability
0.22
Economic State
Fast growth
Slow growth
Recession
Depression
0.52
0.19
0.07
Expected return
Standard deviation
Compute the expected return and standard deviation.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places.
Return
76%
18
-18
-52
%
%](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fad84de69-d974-45ba-b11f-3f7d21f8855b%2Fd6fde243-4ba1-4d8f-8bfd-e24c17b14207%2Fy6rxgr9_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Following are four economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns:
Probability
0.22
Economic State
Fast growth
Slow growth
Recession
Depression
0.52
0.19
0.07
Expected return
Standard deviation
Compute the expected return and standard deviation.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places.
Return
76%
18
-18
-52
%
%
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