[See Steps] Bias and Consistency You are a junior analyst at a wealth management fund responsible for evaluating the riskiness of various stocks and portfolios.
Question: Bias and Consistency
You are a junior analyst at a wealth management fund responsible for evaluating the riskiness of various stocks and portfolios. One day, your boss sends you a data set of weekly returns on number of different stocks and asks you to compute a measure of variability for each stock using the formula
Where a stock return would be given by xi.
- What would be the consequence of this approach? Make sure to provide your reasoning. (2 Marks)
- Suggest an alternative approach that might yield a more desirable result. Make sure to provide your reasoning. (1 Mark)
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