a) What is the variance of the stock investment?

What is the standard deviation of the stock investment?

b) What is the variance of the corporate bond investment?

What is the standard deviation of the corporate bond investment?

c) What is the variance of the government bond investment?

What is the standard deviation of the government bond investement?

d) If the estimates for both the probabilities of the economy & the returns in each state of the economy are correct, which investment would you choose, considering both risk & return?

Variance and standard deviation (expected). Hull Consultants, a famous think tank in the Midwest, has provided probability estimates for the four potential economic stales for the coming year in the following table. The probability of a boom economy is 11%, the probability of a stable growth economy is 16%, the probability of a stagnant economy is 52% and the probability of a recession is 21% Calculate the variance and the standard deviation of the three investments stock, corporate bond and government bond if the estimates for both the probabilities of the economy and the returns in each state of the economy are correct which investment would you choose, considering both risk and return? Hint Make sure to round all intermediate calculations to at least seven (7) decimal places. The input instructions, phrases in parenthesis after each answer box, only apply for the answers you will type What is the variance of the stock investment? % (Round to six decimal places) Data table x (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet) Forecasted Returns for Each Economy Stable Investment Boom Growth Stagnant Stock 28% 10% 3% Corporate bond 10% 8% 6% Government bond 9% 7% 5% Recession - 15% 3% 2% Print Done