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Refer to the Table Below (A) What Is the Expected Return Fram This Stack Market

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Refer to the table below. A particular stock market investment strategy has the following possible outcomes:  Good  Market  Bad  Market  Disastrous  Market  Probability 0.40.40.2 Rate of  Return 0.20.050.15\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \begin{array} { c } \text { Good } \\\text { Market }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Bad } \\\text { Market }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Disastrous } \\\text { Market }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Probability } & 0.4 & 0.4 & 0.2 \\\hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Rate of } \\\text { Return }\end{array} & 0.2 & 0.05 & - 0.15 \\\hline\end{array} (A) What is the expected return fram this stack market investment strategy?
(B) Wauld you choose this expected return ar take a sefe return of either \& percent fram a U.S. Tremsury bill ar 6 percent from a saving deposit at a bark? Why?
(C) Suppase you Trandather tells you he wauld chaose a safe return of 7 percent fram a bank over the above stock-market investment stratedy. Is he risk-averse? Esgalain.

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(A) The expected return is 7 percent.
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