Which One of the Following Statements Is Correct Concerning the Expected

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the expected rate of return on an individual stock given various states of the economy?

• A) The expected return is a geometric average where the probabilities of the economic states are used as the exponential powers.
• B) The expected return is an arithmetic average of the individual returns for each state of the economy.
• C) The expected return is a weighted average where the probabilities of the economic states are used as the weights.
• D) The expected return is equal to the summation of the values computed by dividing the expected return for each economic state by the probability of the state.
• E) As long as the total probabilities of the economic states equal 100%, then the expected return on the stock is a geometric average of the expected returns for each economic state.

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