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What are Weighted Averages and Expected Values? Weighted averages are averages calculated to account for the number of changes that a variable, such as price, may have, especially when the same asset may have been added to the portfolio in varying quantities and price costs over time for a cumulative total. Expected Values is an anticipated prediction of an asset’s value over a specified time that is calculated as the total of possible results times their statistical probability.
What are Weighted Averages and Expected Values? Weighted averages are averages calculated to account for the number of changes that a variable, such as price, may have, especially when the same asset may have been added to the portfolio in varying quantities and price costs over time for a cumulative total. Expected Values is an anticipated prediction of an asset’s value over a specified time that is calculated as the total of possible results times their statistical probability.
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