Because of Differences in the Expected Returns on Different Investments

question 16

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Because of differences in the expected returns on different investments, the standard deviation is not always an adequate measure of risk.However, the coefficient of variation adjusts for differences in expected returns and thus allows investors to make better comparisons of investments' stand-alone risk.

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