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Describe in Words How to Calculate a Project's Standard Deviation

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Describe in words how to calculate a project's standard deviation. What assumption allows that calculation to be accurate?


Definitions:

Contract Rate

The agreed-upon rate for financial transactions or payments defined in a contractual agreement.

Effective Interest Method

A method of computing the amortized cost of a bond and the interest expense over its life by applying a constant interest rate.

Bond Discounts

The variance between a bond's stated value and the amount it fetches on the market when it ends up selling for beneath that stated value.

Bond Premiums

The amount by which the market price of a bond exceeds its face value, typically due to interest rates being lower than the bond's coupon rate.

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