You’ve observed the following returns on Doyscher Corporation’s stock over the past five years: –28.2 percent, 15.8 percent, 34.6 percent, 3.4 percent, and 22.4 percent.
Requirement 1:
What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)
Arithmetic average return %
Requirement 2:
(a) What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 6 decimal places (e.g., 32.161616).)
Variance
(b) What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)
Standard deviation %