Question: [Question (1)-(4) are sharing the same information] Questions 1-4 are designed to review some statistical concepts as well as to help you understand the benefits

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Questions 1-4 are designed to review some statistical concepts as well as to help you understand the benefits from diversification. Assume that there are two assets (A and B) and there are four possible future scenarios. The four scenarios and their probabilities are shown in the following table. The last two columns show the returns on assets A and B in the four possible scenarios.

Scenario Probability
Boom 0.3 0.15 -0.02
Normal 0.3 0.08 -0.01
Recession 0.3 -0.05 0.03
Disaster 0.1 -0.20 0.05

What is the expected return on asset A?

Group of answer choices

-0.020

0.024

0.034

0.051

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What is the expected return on asset B?

Group of answer choices

0.005

-0.011

0.009

0.015

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