expected value
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For an investor to take on the liabilities, the attraction would be receiving a price that reflects at least the expected value of the claims, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Mathematically, a 50% chance at $1.3 million carries an expected value of $650,000 — meaning the statistical average payout of the gamble is 10 times greater than the guaranteed amount of $65,000.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Baron said he thinks SpaceX valuation is heading much higher from the expected value of close to $2 trillion at the IPO.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
He worried that knowing the expected value might unconsciously influence his analysis.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
The expected value of a quantity is simply the average of its values weighted according to their probabilities.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
