Consider the following information:
Rate of Return If State Occurs
State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Stock A Stock B
Recession .25 .03 –.11
Normal .30 .10 .17
Boom .45 .12 .37
a. Calculate the expected return for the two stocks. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Expected return for A %
Expected return for B %
b. Calculate the standard deviation for the two stocks. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Standard deviation for A %
Standard deviation for B %