View Point Industries Has Forecasted a Rate of Return of 20.00

question 62

Multiple Choice

View Point Industries has forecasted a rate of return of 20.00% if the economy booms (25.00% probability) ; a rate of return of 15.00% if the economy is in a growth phase (45.00% probability) ; a rate of return of 2.50% if the economy is in decline (20.00% probability) ; and a rate of return of -15.00% if the economy is in a depression (10.00% probability) . What is View Point's standard deviation of returns? Do not round intermediate computations. Round your final answer to two decimal points.

• A) 17.31%
• B) 9.25%
• C) 15.00%
• D) 10.29%

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