Compute the Standard Deviation of the Five Monthly Returns for PG&E

question 14

Multiple Choice

Compute the standard deviation of the five monthly returns for PG&E: 1.25 percent, −1.50 percent, 4.25 percent, 3.75 percent, and 1.98 percent.

• A) 1.876 percent
• B) 1.946 percent
• C) 2.046 percent
• D) 2.287 percent

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Definitions:

Opportunity Costs

The cost of foregone alternatives when a decision is made to pursue a particular course of action over others.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting the maximum output combinations of two goods that can be produced given available resources and technology.

Opportunity Cost

The cost of what is foregone in order to pursue a certain action or decision.

Bowed-out

A term often used to describe a production possibility frontier that is concave from the origin, indicating increasing opportunity costs as more of one good is produced.