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A company's stock earned the following annual returns in the most recent years:…

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Ex-Post Standard Deviation

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A company's stock earned the following annual returns in the most recent years:
  • -14.23%
  • 12.26%
  • 10.55%
  • 8.97%
  • 22.89%
What is the variance of the returns?
More Ex-Post Standard Deviation Questions:
You purchased a stock for $34 three years ago. The price of the stock increased by $1.88 in the first year, then decreased by $2.89 in the second year, and today is trading at $43.90.
You received a dividend of $0.15 in year 1, $0.20 in year 2 and $0.25 in year 3.
What is the standard deviation of the annual return?
The annual returns for XYZ Inc. for the past five years were: 5%, 10%, -6%, -8.5%, and 14%. What is the standard deviation of these returns?
Round your work to 6 decimal places, and final answer to 2 decimal places.