You Have Been Given This Probability Distribution for the Holding-Period

question 27

Multiple Choice

You have been given this probability distribution for the holding-period return for Cheese, Inc.stock: Assuming that the expected return on Cheese's stock is 14.35%, what is the standard deviation of these returns

• A)4.72%
• B)6.30%
• C)4.38%
• D)5.74%
• E)None of the options

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