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Security Returns If State Occurs State of Economy Bust Boom Probability of State

ID: 2723861 • Letter: S

Question

Security Returns If State Occurs State of Economy Bust Boom Probability of State of Economy 20 80 Roll ROSS -13% 24 6 Calculate the standard deviations for Roll and Ross by filling in the following table (verify your answer using returns expressed in percentages as well as decimals): (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your Standard deviation answers to 2 decimal places and other answers to 4 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) State of Squared Return Deviation Probability of Return Deviation Economy Bust Boom Product State of Economy 20 80 from Expected Return Roll 2 Ross Bust 20 Boom 80 2 Standard Deviations Roll ROss

Explanation / Answer

EXPECTED RETURN FOR ROLL

= 0.20 * -13% + 0.80 * 24%

= -2.6% + 19.2%

= 16.6%

STANDARD DEVIATION

=SQUARE ROOT OF 219.04

= 14.8%

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EXPECTED RETURN FOR ROSS

= 0.20 * 17% + 0.80 * 6%

= 3.4% + 4.8%

= 8.2%

STANDARD DEVIATION

=SQUARE ROOT OF 19.36

= 4.4%

ECONOMY PROBAPILITY RETURN DEVIATION FROM EXPECTED RETURN SQUARED RETURN OF DEVIATION PRODUCT BUST 0.20 -29.6% 876.16 175.232 BOOM 0.80 7.4% 54.76 43.808 SQUARE OF STANDARD DEVIATION 219.04