Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780078034633
Author: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 12.5, Problem 12.5BCQ
Summary Introduction
To critically think about: The type of average return that the investor should use to forecast the stock market prices for the next century.
Introduction:
Total return refers to the total income from an investment. The total income includes the periodic incomes and the increase or decrease in the value of an asset. Average returns refer to the returns that the investments earn in a typical year.
Arithmetic average return refers to the
Geometric average return refers to the return per year after compounding the average returns for multiple years.
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