Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
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Chapter 12, Problem 9QP
Calculating Returns and Variability [LO1] You’ve observed the following returns on Crash-n-Burn Computer’s stock over the past five years: 7 percent, −13 percent, 21 percent, 34 percent, and 15 percent.
a. What was the arithmetic average return on Crash-n-Burn’s stock over this five-year period?
b. What was the variance of Crash-n-Burn’s returns over this period? The standard deviation?
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