Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 10, Problem 2P

a)

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To determine: The expected return.

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Expected return refers to a return that the investors expect on a risky investment in the future.

b)

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To determine: The standard deviation of the return.

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Standard deviation refers to the variation in the actual returns from the expected returns.

Variance refers to the average difference of squared deviations of the actual data from the mean or average.

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