Question

The market and Stock J have the following probability distributions:

Answer 1

Answer:

1) $E(M) = 14*0.3 + 10*0.4 + 19*0.3 = 13.9 \%$

2) $E(J)= 22*0.3 + 4*0.4 + 12*0.3 = 11.8 \%$

3) $E(M^2) = 14^2*0.3 + 10^2*0.4 + 19^2*0.3 = 207.1$

And the variance would be given by:

$Var (M)= E(M^2) -[E(M)]^2 = 207.1 -(13.9^2)= 13.89$

And the deviation would be:

$Sd(M) = \sqrt{13.89}= 3.73$

4) $E(J^2) = 22^2*0.3 + 4^2*0.4 + 12^2*0.3 =194.8$

And the variance would be given by:

$Var (J)= E(J^2) -[E(J)]^2 = 194.8 -(11.8^2)= 55.56$

And the deviation would be:

$Sd(M) = \sqrt{55.56}= 7.45$

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we have the following distributions given:

Probability  M   J

0.3           14%  22%

0.4           10%    4%

0.3           19%    12%

Part 1

The expected value is given by this formula:

$E(X)=\sum_{i=1}^n X_i P(X_i)$

And replacing we got:

$E(M) = 14*0.3 + 10*0.4 + 19*0.3 = 13.9 \%$

Part 2

$E(J)= 22*0.3 + 4*0.4 + 12*0.3 = 11.8 \%$

Part 3

We can calculate the second moment first with the following formula:

$E(M^2) = 14^2*0.3 + 10^2*0.4 + 19^2*0.3 = 207.1$

And the variance would be given by:

$Var (M)= E(M^2) -[E(M)]^2 = 207.1 -(13.9^2)= 13.89$

And the deviation would be:

$Sd(M) = \sqrt{13.89}= 3.73$

Part 4

We can calculate the second moment first with the following formula:

$E(J^2) = 22^2*0.3 + 4^2*0.4 + 12^2*0.3 =194.8$

And the variance would be given by:

$Var (J)= E(J^2) -[E(J)]^2 = 194.8 -(11.8^2)= 55.56$

And the deviation would be:

$Sd(M) = \sqrt{55.56}= 7.45$