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Consider an investment with the following payoffs and probabilities: State of the economy    Probability Return...

Consider an investment with the following payoffs and probabilities:

State of the economy    Probability Return

GDP grows slowly .40 1,000

GDP grows fast .60 2,000

What is the expected value? What is the standard deviation of the investment?

(.40) (1,000) + (.60) (2,000) = 400+1200=1600

Standard deviation= 10,000,000 2 =3162.27

How do I get he standard deviation?

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