The Price-Earnings Ratios for TSX Stocks Which Are Listed in the National

question 354

True/False

The price-earnings ratios for TSX stocks which are listed in The National Post are based on earnings per share for the past year.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events happen with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Probability Of Occurrence

The likelihood of an event happening, measured on a scale from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Span Of Time

The duration or extent between two points in time.

Poisson Random Variable

A type of random variable that represents the number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, under the condition that these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.