A stock has returns -2.2%, 7.8%, -9.9%, and 7.1% in each of the past 4 months. What is the stock's mean return from those 4 observations only?
Round your answer to 4 decimal places. For example if your answer is 3.205%, then please write down 0.0321.
Calculate the mean return of the stock as follows:
Mean return = Sum of return / Number of returns
= (-2.2%+7.8%-9.9%+7.1%)/4
= (2.8%)/4
= 0.0070
Therefore, the mean return is 0.0070.
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