THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 178

Essay

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The annual percentage returns on two stocks over a 7-year period were as follows:

-Calculate the coefficient of variation for the following sample data: 13.2,14.7,17.2,12.1,21.8,8.4,14.3,11.0,9.3,and 8.7

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Definitions:

Dividends

Money paid out to shareholders by a corporation, usually as a share of profits.

Retained Earnings

Profits that a company keeps or reinvests, rather than distributing to stockholders as dividends.

New Stock

Issuance of additional shares by a company to raise capital, which can dilute existing shareholders' ownership percentage.

New Equity

Capital raised by a company through the issuance of common or preferred stock, increasing the shareholders' equity.