expected value

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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

"For me, making an accurate measurement is a way of bringing order to the universe, whether or not the number agrees with the expected value," he added.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

If they could have played the game a thousand times then deciding what to do would have been easier: Keep playing unless the banker’s offer is better than the expected value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

But for Dyne, Matteis believes the deal for Avidity is “highly validating,” as it corroborates the expected value of muscle-delivery technology and the attractiveness of the markets for even rare diseases like DMD.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

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