The time for long-term corporate bonds

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Consider the following table for the total annual returns for a given period of time. Series Average return Standard Deviation Large-company stocks 11.7 % 20.6 % Small-company stocks 16.4 33.0 Long-term corporate bonds 6.0 8.7 Long-term government bonds 6.1 9.4 Intermediate-term government bonds 5.6 5.7 U.S. Treasury bills 3.8 3.1 Inflation 3.1 4.2 Requirement 1: What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for long-term corporate bonds? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)Requirement 2: What about 95 percent of the time? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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