Possible outcomes and probabilities are known e.g., Roulette Wheel or Dice
Uncertainty -- exists when:
Possible outcomes or probabilities are unknown e.g., Drilling for Oil in an unknown field
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Fundamentals of Financial Management, 11/e by Van Horne and Wachowicz.
Slides prepared by Wu Xiaolan
Defining Return
Income received on an investment plus any change in market price, usually expressed as a percent of the beginning market price of the investment.
Risk-The variability of returns from those that are expected.
When probabilities are known, we can analyze risk using probability distributions. Assign a probability to each state of nature, and be exhaustive, so thatpi = 1
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Fundamentals of Financial Management, 11/e by Van Horne and Wachowicz.