Your Portfolio Has a Standard Deviation of 12

question 23

Multiple Choice

Your portfolio has a standard deviation of 12.3 percent and an average return of 10.6 percent. You have a 5 percent probability of losing _____ percent or more in any given year.

• A) 33.79
• B) 31.54
• C) 12.59
• D) 9.63
• E) 3.34

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Definitions:

Communication Research

The study of how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, channels, and media.

Metric

A quantitative measure for a concept or activity—for example, the impact factor in scholarly publishing as a measure of influence.

Anomalous Data

Data points or observations that deviate significantly from the rest of the dataset, potentially indicating errors or novel findings.

Anticipated by the Researcher

Refers to outcomes, findings, or events that the researcher expects to occur or observe during the course of their study based on theoretical or empirical grounds.