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Tom rears is highly risk-averse while Sonny Outlook actually enjoys taking a risk.

A. which one of our four investments should Tom choose? Compute coefficients of variation to help you in your choice
B. which one of our four investments should Sonny choose?

Investments Returns expected value Standard deviation
Buy stocks $7,000 $4,000
Buy bonds 5,000 1,560
Buy commodity futures 12,000 15,100
Buy options 8.000 8,850

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Tom rears is highly risk-averse while Sonny Outlook actually enjoys taking a risk.
A. which one of our four investments should Tom choose? Compute coefficients of variation to help you in your choice
B. which one of our four investments should Sonny ...

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