CHAPTER12SomeLessonsfromCapitalMarketHistoryI
DEFINITIONSRISKPREMIUMa1
Theexcessreturnrequiredfromariskyassetoverthatrequiredfromarisk-freeassetiscalledthe:a
riskpremium
geometricpremium
excessreturn
averagereturn
variance
VARIANCEb2
Theaveragesquareddifferencebetweentheactualreturnandtheaveragereturniscalledthe:a
volatilityreturn
variance
standarddeviation
riskpremium
excessreturn
STANDARDDEVIATIONc3
Thestandarddeviationforasetofstockreturnscanbecalculatedasthe:a
positivesquarerootoftheaveragereturn
averagesquareddifferencebetweentheactualreturnandtheaveragereturn
positivesquarerootofthevariance
averagereturndividedbyNminusone,whereNisthenumberofreturns
variancesquared
NORMALDISTRIBUTIONd4
Asymmetric,bell-shapedfrequencydistributionthatiscompletelydefinedbyitsmeana