问题如下:
Which of the following is incorrect about the risk of an equity security? The risk of an equity security is:
选项:
A. based on the uncertainty of its cash flows.
B. based on the uncertainty of its future price.
C. measured using the standard deviation of its dividends.
解释:
C is correct.
Some equity securities do not pay dividends, and therefore the standard deviation of dividends cannot be used to measure the risk of all equity securities.
考点:Risk And Return, Market Value and Book Value, Required Return
注意股票的风险是股票价格的不确定性,通常股票的风险我们用股票价格标准差来衡量,不是股息的波动幅度。此外很多股票是不分红的,所以没法用红利的标准差来衡量它的风险。
请问这题B为什么不对?股票价格的不确定性不就是B吗?