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Bounds represent the points with which data cannot exceed, such as minima or maxima.
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If $\text{Var}(X) < \infty$, is $\text{Var}(XY) < \infty$ for $0 \le Y \le 1$?
I've unaccepted kjetil's answer since, as was pointed out in the comments, it assumes $X$ and $Y$ are independent.
The following answer should work when $X$ and $Y$ are dependent, by using whuber's s …
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If $\text{Var}(X) < \infty$, is $\text{Var}(XY) < \infty$ for $0 \le Y \le 1$?
I have a variable $X$ that I know has finite variance (and therefore also finite mean). Is it always true that its variance remains finite after scaling by $0 \le Y \le 1$?
Note that $X$ and $Y$ are …
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