Barbara is considering investing in a stock and is aware that the return on that investment is particularly sensitive to how the economy is performing. Her
analysis suggests that four states of the economy can affect the return on the investment. Using the table of returns and probabilities below calculate the
coefficient of variation for the investment? (Round intermediate calculations and answer to 5 decimal places e.g. 0.07680.)
Probability Return
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Boom 0.7 25.00%
Good 0.1 15.00%
Level 0.1 10.00%
Slump 0.1 -5.00%
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You wrote a piece of software that does a better job of allowing computers to network than any other program designed for this purpose. A large networking
company wants to incorporate your software into their systems and is offering to pay you $479000 today plus $479000 at the end of each of the following six
years for permission to do this. If the appropriate interest rate is 8 percent what is the present value of the cash flow stream that the company is offering
you? (Round answer to the nearest whole dollar e.g. 5275.)