As a financial analyst you are trying to put together a report about three different bonds....

  

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As a financial analyst you are trying to put together a report about three different bonds. One portion of the report requires you to estimate the expected return and standard deviation of each bond. i. Which bond has the highest expected return? ii. Which bond has the riskiest? [Hint: You must use the probability model to compute the expected risk] Probability Yield for Bond X Yield for Bond Y Yield for Bond Z 0.10 12% 14% 7% 0.20 4% 3% 9% 0.30 23% 7% 15% 0.05 6% -20% 30% 0.15 8% 5% 2% 0.09 1% -12% 0.1% 0.11 9% 2% 10% As a financial analyst you are trying to put together a report about three different bonds. One portion of the report requires you to estimate the expected return and standard deviation of each bond. i. Which bond has the highest expected return? ii. Which bond has the riskiest? [Hint: You must use the probability model to compute the expected risk] Probability Yield for Bond X Yield for Bond Y Yield for Bond Z 0.10 12% 14% 7% 0.20 4% 3% 9% 0.30 23% 7% 15% 0.05 6% -20% 30% 0.15 8% 5% 2% 0.09 1% -12% 0.1% 0.11 9% 2% 10%

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