h of the following is true about variance and standard deviation? a. They contai

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h of the following is true about variance and standard deviation? a. They contain the same information about a distribution b. They are both measures of systematic risk. c. They are both measures of idiosyncratic risk. d. Variance is always smaller than standard deviation 3. Which of the following correctly describes the dividend yield? Next year's annual dividend divided by today's stock price. This year's annual dividend divided by today's stock price. This year's annual dividend divided by next year's expected stock price. Next year's annual dividend divided by this year's annual dividend. a. b. c. d. 4. Small stocks are stocks issued by firms with relatively low... a. Total asset. b. Market value of equity c. Stock price. d. Growth potential. 5. Which one of the following had the least volatile annual returns over the period of 1926-2013? a. Large-company stocks b. c. U.S. Treasury bills d. Intermediate-term government bonds Long-term corporate bonds

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2. Standard deviation and variance are measuring of systematic risk. Standard deviation can be calculated by taking the square root of the variance, which itself is the average of the squared differences of the mean.

3. Current dividend yield = most recent dividend/current share price

Answer is option b.

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