Suppose that 5 percent of the stocks meeting your stock-selection criteria are in the telecommunications (telecom) industry.

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Suppose that 5 percent of the stocks meeting your stock-selection criteria are in the telecommunications (telecom) industry. Also, dividend-paying telecom stocks are 1 percent of the total number of stocks meeting your selection criteria. What is the probability that a stock is dividend paying, given that it is a telecom stock that has met your stock selection criteria?
Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Quantitative Investment Analysis

ISBN: 978-1119104223

3rd edition

Authors: Richard A. DeFusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E. Pinto, David E. Runkle

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