Principles of Managerial Finance, Student Value Edition (15th Edition) (The Pearson Series in Finance)
Principles of Managerial Finance, Student Value Edition (15th Edition) (The Pearson Series in Finance)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134478166
Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.3WUE
Summary Introduction

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Comparing risk of two investments.

Introduction:

Risk: The risk can be defined as the uncertainty attached to an event such as investment where there is some amount of risk associated to it as there can be either gain or loss.

The standard deviation measures the volatility of the stock. It measures in absolute terms the dispersion of asset risk around its mean.

The coefficient of variation is an asset risk indicator that measures the relative dispersion. It describes the volatility of asset returns relative to its mean or expected return.

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