Assignment 08 - Risk and Rates of Return Returns earned over a given time period are called realized returns. Historical data on realized returns is often used to estimate future results. Analysts across companies use realized stock returns to estimate the risk of a stock. Consider the case of Falcon Freight Inc. (FF): Five years of realized returns for FF are given in the following table. Remember: 1. While FF was started 40 years ago, its common stock has been publicly traded for the past 25 years. 2. The returns on its equity are calculated as arithmetic returns. 3. The historical returns for FF for 2012 to 2015 are: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Stock return 8.75% 5.95% 10.50% 14.70% 4.55% Given the preceding data, the average realized return on FF's stock is of FF's historical returns. Based on this conclusion, the The preceding data series represents standard deviation of FF's historical returns is If investors expect the average realized return from 2012 to 2016 on FF's stock to continue into the future, its coefficient of variation (CV) will be