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You find a certain stock that had returns of 14.2 percent, −22.1 percent, 28.1 percent, and 19.1 percent for four of the last five years. Assume the average return of the stock over this period was 12.2 percent.
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What was the stock’s return for the missing year?
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What is the standard deviation of the stock’s returns?
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