The following information is available concerning the historical risk and return relationships in the U.S. capital markets: U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS TOTAL ANNUAL RETURNS, XXXXXXXXXX Investment Category...








The following information is available concerning the historical risk and return relationships in the U.S. capital markets:











































U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS TOTAL ANNUAL RETURNS, 1990-2015
Investment CategoryArithmetic MeanGeometric MeanStandard Deviation of Return^a
Common Stocks10.28%8.81%16.90%
Treasury Bills3.54%3.49%3.20%
Long-Term Government Bonds5.10%4.91%6.40%
Long-Term Corporate Bonds5.95%5.65%9.60%
Real Estate9.49%9.44%4.50%







a = Based on arithmetic mean.








a. Explain why the geometric and arithmetic mean returns are not equal and whether one or the other may be more useful for investment decision making.







b. For the time period indicated, rank these investments on  a relative basis using the coefficient of variation from most to least desirable. Explain your rationale.







c. Assume the arithmetic mean returns in these series are normally distributed. Calculate the range of returns that an investor would have expected to achieve 95 percent of the time from holding common stocks.


Jun 01, 2022
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