Calculate each stock coefficient of variation

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Your research has determined the following information about the common stock of two particular firms.

Stock A         Stock B

            Expected Return:                         10%               15%

            Standard Deviation                        5%                9%

A. Explain what is meant by the stock’s “Expected Return”

B. Calculate each stock’s coefficient of variation.

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