Billy is considering an investment in Pollard\'s Inc. and has gathered the follo

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Billy is considering an investment in Pollard's Inc. and has gathered the following information. What is the expected

return for a share of the firm's stock?

State of the Economy           Probability of the State                                              Conditional Expected Return

Recession                                         .20                                                                                     -10%

Steady                                              .50                                                                                       10%

Boom                                               .30                                                                                       45%

Explanation / Answer

expected

return for a share of the firm's stock

=(0.2*10+0.5*10+0.3*45)

=20.5%

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