You’ve observed the following returns on Crash-n-Burn Computer’s stock over the past five years: 14 percent, –7 percent, 17 percent, 15 percent, and 10 percent.
a. What was the arithmetic average return on Crash-n-Burn’s stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place, e.g., 32.1.) Average return 9.8 %
b-1 What was the variance of Crash-n-Burn’s returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 5 decimal places, e.g., 32.16161.) Variance
b-2 What was the standard deviation of Crash-n-Burn’s returns over this period?