Given the following information, what is the expected return and standard deviation for this stock?              State of Economy Probability Of State of Economy   Rate of Return Boom 0.40 25% Recession 0.60 5%

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Given the following information, what is the expected return and standard deviation for this stock?         

 

 

State of

Economy

Probability

Of State of

Economy

 

Rate of

Return

Boom

0.40

25%

Recession

0.60

5%

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