The risk and profit potential of a particular stock 1 volatility 2. volatility of a stock; greater the margin between the two numbers, greater the risk to gain or lose 9 net change 3. a one to four character symbol that is kind of like a nickname for the company PE ratio 4. a share of profits received by a shareholder percent yield 5. tells you how much of the price of the stock you will be paid in dividends by the end of the year volume 6. price-earnings ratio, relationship between price of company's stock and year's earnings 4 dividend 7. the amount of stocks that were traded on the previous day 52 weeks high and low 8. the activity the day before; the highest price and lowest price of the stock, along with the closing price high, low, and close 9. the change of the price of the stock from the previous day symbol

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?