Reference no: EM131491946

You’ve observed the following returns on Barnett Corporation’s stock over the past five years: –27.9 percent, 15.6 percent, 34.2 percent, 3.3 percent, and 22.3 percent.

What was the arithmetic average return on the stock over this five-year period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

a) Arithmetic average return             %

What was the variance of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 6 decimal places, e.g., 32.161616.)

b) Variance           

What was the standard deviation of the returns over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

c) Standard deviation             %