
Macroeconomics 20th Edition by Campbell McConnell,Stanley Brue,Sean Flynn
Edition 20ISBN: 978-0077660895
Macroeconomics 20th Edition by Campbell McConnell,Stanley Brue,Sean Flynn
Edition 20ISBN: 978-0077660895 Exercise 3
Consider an asset that costs $120 today. You are going to hold it for 1 year and then sell itSuppose that there is a 25 percent chance that it will be worth $100 in a year, a 25 percent chance that it will be worth $115 in a year, and a 50 percent chance that it will be worth $140 in a year. What is its average expected rate of return? Next, figure out what the investment's average expected rate of return would be if its current price were $130 today. Does the increase in the current price increase or decrease the asset's average expected rate of return? At what price would the asset have a zero average expected rate of return?
Explanation
Suppose an asset costs $120 today
Suppos...
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