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Normal Chapter& 8-1 Risk-Return Trade-ofr The prie f sock today i $3dhare. In one year, the stock allbe worth $28/share and give a Bond's price after a year (28)-Bond's price today (33)-5 Dividends (2)-5+2--3 Total return on stock (-3/33-00909-) 9.09% 8-2a Statistical Measures of Stand-Alone Risk What would the stand-alone risk for a Treasury bill be (.e high, medium, low, none, etc.)? Low 8-2b Measuring Stand-Alone Risk: The Standard Deviation Calculate the standard deviation for a stock given the information on three different economic Probability of OutcomeReturn in Given Outcome 0.3 0.6 0.1 -5% 8% 20% Average Boom 8-2e Using Historical Data to Measure Risk Assuming investors require increased expected returns for taking higher levels of risk, fill in an appropriate answer or range of answers for investment #i4 in the chart below ted Retum Expected Standard Deviation 0% #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 3% 10% 20% 80% 8-2d Measuring Stand-Alone Risk: The Coefficient of Variation Would an investor rather have an investment with a coefficient of variation of 2 or 3, or would the investor be indifferent between the two choices? Explain your answer The coefficient of variation shows the risk per unit of return and it provides a more

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