A stock will provide a rate of return of either −18% or 26%. a. If both possibilities are equally likely, calculate the stock's expected return and standard deviation. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a whole percent.)
b. If Treasury bills yield 4% and investors believe that the stock offers a satisfactory expected return, what must the market risk of the stock be?

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An insurance company estimates the probability of an earthquake in the next year to be 0.0015. the average damage done to a house by an earthquake it estimates to be $90,000. if the company offers earthquake insurance for $150, what is company`s expected value of the policy? hint: think, is it profitable for the insurance company or not? will they gain (positive expected value) or lose (negative expected value)? if the expected value is negative, remember to show "-" sign. no "+" sign needed for the positive expected value

What impact might an economic downturn have on a borrower’s fixed-rate mortgage? a. it might cause a borrower’s payments to go up. b. it might cause a borrower’s payments to go down. c. it has no impact because a fixed-rate mortgage cannot change. d. it has no impact because the economy does not affect interest rates.