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What is the expected value of an investment?

A)    is lower the higher the risk.

 

B)    is the sum of the probability multiplied by the payoff of each of the possible payoffs.       

C)    cannot be priced.       

D)    are benchmarks against which quantifiable risks can be assessed

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Question added by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies
Date Posted: 2016/02/03
Shahbaz Hayder
by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies

Yes, Option B is the right answer.

Frank Mwansa
by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER

B.) is the sum of the probability multiplied by the payoff of each of the possible payoffs

Shazia Anees
by Shazia Anees , Assistant Manager Finance , Arham Trading Company

option b===================

Ahmed Alkhateb
by Ahmed Alkhateb , Independent Accounting , Self employed

I agree, B is the correct answer for the question 

Sultan Alghamdi
by Sultan Alghamdi

The correct answer is B.

good luck

SREEJU APPINI
by SREEJU APPINI , Business Relationship Officer , DBFS COMMCODITIES DMC

 the expected value (EV) of a random variable is the weighted average of all possible values a random variable can take on.

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