Returns for the Dayatech Company over the last 3 years are shown below. What's the standard deviation of the firm's returns? (Hint: This is a sample, not a complete population, so the sample standard deviation formula should be used.)  Year Return 2012 21.00% 2011 -12.50% 2010 25.00%

9. Calculating Returns and Variability You've observed the following returns on Yamauchi Corporation's stock over the past five years: –10 percent, 24 percent, 21 percent, 11 percent, and 8 percent. LO 1 What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? a. b. What was the variance of the returns over this period? The standard deviation? For Problem 0 cupnose the

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Digital Technology wishes to determine its coefficient of variation as a company over time. The firm projects the following data (in millions of dollars): Year 1 3 6 9 Profits: Expected Value $ 97 135 243 277 Year 1 3 6 a. Compute the coefficient of variation (V) for each time period. Note: Round your answers to 3 decimal places. 9 Standard Deviation $34 55 Yes 128 176 No b. Does the risk (V) appear to be increasing over a period of time? Coefficient of Variation

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Consider the following annual returns of Molson Coors and International Paper: Molson International Раper 6.4% Coors Year 1 25.8% Year 2 -10.3 -19.4 Year 3 46.0 -0.4 Year 4 -10.7 28.5 Year 5 18.1 -13.0 Compute each stock's average return, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) International Раper Molson Coors Average return % Standard deviation % % Coefficient of variation Which stock appears better? O International Paper O Molson Coors

Ten annual returns are listed in the following table: (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) 18.0% - 50.0% 1.2% 16.5% 45.6% 45.2% - 19.9% 16.6% 43.3% a. What is the arithmetic average return over the 10-year period? b. What is the geometric average return over the 10-year period? c. If you invested $100 at the beginning, how much would you have at the end? BEER a. What is the arithmetic average return over the 10-year period? The arithmetic average return over the 10-year period is%. (Round to two decimal places.) Points: 0.33 of 1 -3.0%

Suppose a firm has had the following historic sales figures. Year: 2016 Sales $1,420,000 2017 $1,720,000 Next year's sales 2018 2019 2020 $1,600,000 $2,010,000 $1,770,000 What would be the forecast for next year's sales using FORECAST.ETS to estimate a trend? Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar. 27