[Samsung Electronics]

Samsung is one of the most stable stocks in the US markets and is less volatile than 75% of the Korean equities in last 3 months with the movement of only +-4% every week making it very stable. Talking about the returns of the Samsung : 7 Day Return: Samsung 0.5% Korean Tech -0.1% Korean Market 0.9% 1 year Return: Samsung 30.9% Korean Tech 31.1% Korean Market 29.5%

Return vs Industry: Samsung is similar to the KR Tech sector which returned 31.1% last year.

Return vs Market: Samsung exceeded KR Market which returned 29.5% in the previous year

[Apple]

Apple is of the most stable stocks in the US markets and is less volatile than 75% of the US equities in last 3 months with the movement of only +-5% every week making it very stable.Talking about the returns of the apple: 7 Day Return: AAPL 5.0% US Tech 4.8% US Market 1.1% 1 year return AAPL 82.8% US Tech 75.7% US Market 21.3%

Return vs Industry: AAPL overtakes US Tech industry with a return of 75.4% last year.

Return vs Market: AAPL overtakes US Market which returned 20.9% last year.

• Given the information above, calculate an average of stock returns a standard deviation of stock returns over past 10 years, 5 years, and 1year and find out which company has a higher total risk.