Financial analysts who make forecasts of stock prices are categorized as either buy-side analysts or sell-side analysts.
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Question:
Financial analysts who make forecasts of stock prices are categorized as either "buy-side" analysts or "sell-side" analysts. Mean and standard deviation of the forecast errors for both types of analysts are shown in the table. Assume the distribution of forecast erros are approzimately normally distributed.
Table:
Buy-Side Analysts | Sell-Side Analysts | |
Mean | 0.86 | -0.07 |
Standard Deviation | 1.96 | 0.85 |
Questions:
A: Find the probabilty taht a buy-side analyst has a forecast error of +2.01 or higher.
B: Find the probabilty that a sell-side analyst has a forecast error of +2.01 or higher.
Please show work and answer both A and B for full points. This is my first stats class and to say i'm lost is an understatement, so please again show work.
Related Book For
Statistics for Business and Economics
ISBN: 978-0321826237
12th edition
Authors: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry T Sincich
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