Briefly Describe Some of the Good Motives for Mergers

question 17

Essay

Briefly describe some of the good motives for mergers.

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Definitions:

Expected Returns

The anticipated return on an investment, estimating the average of probability-weighted returns for a given asset.

Probability Distribution

A probability distribution is a mathematical function that provides the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes in an experiment.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a set differ from each other and from the mean of the set; a measure of dispersion or volatility.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points around the mean, commonly used in finance to represent the volatility or risk associated with a particular investment.