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Ray Crofford is evaluating investment alternatives for the $100,000 which he inherited from his grandfather.His investment advisor has identified two alternatives and constructed the following tables which show (1) expected profits (in $10,000's) for various market conditions and their probabilities, and (2) the advisor's track record on predicting Bull and Bear markets. \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad  Actual Market \text { Actual Market }
\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad  Market Condition \text { Market Condition }\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad Advisor’s\text {Advisor's}\quad Condition\text {Condition}
 Investment  Bull (0.8)   Bear (0.2)   EMV  Bonds 1239 Stocks 253014 Prediction  Bull (S1)  Bear (S2)  Bull (F1) 0.90.3 Bear (F2) 0.10.7\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Investment } & \text { Bull (0.8) } & \text { Bear (0.2) } & \text { EMV } \\\hline \text { Bonds } & 12 & -3 & 9 \\\hline \text { Stocks } & 25 & -30 & 14 \\\hline \end{array}&\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline\text { Prediction } & \text { Bull }\left(S_{1}\right) & \text { Bear }\left(S_{2}\right) \\\hline \text { Bull }\left(F_{1}\right) & 0.9 & 0.3 \\\hline \text { Bear }\left(F_{2}\right) & 0.1 & 0.7\\\hline \end{array}\end{array}

If the advisor predicts a Bull market the revised probability of a Bull market, P (S1|F1) , is ________.


A) 0.877
B) 0.894
C) 0.953
D) 0.923
E) 1.000

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