Q5. For the investments shown in the table below, what are the respective mean, median, and mode of the returns? Investment Return (%) A
12
B
14
C
9
D
13
E
7
F
8
G
12
A) 12.00%; 12%; 12%. B) 10.71%; 9%; 13%. C) 10.71%; 12%; 12%.
Q6. The owner of a company has recently decided to raise the salary of one employee, who was already making the highest salary in the company, by 40%. Which of the following value(s) is(are) expected to be affected by this raise? A) mean and median only. B) mean only. C) median only.
Q7. An investor has a portfolio with 10% cash, 30% bonds, and 60% stock. Last year, the cash returns was 2.0%, the bonds’ return was 9.5%, and the stocks’ return was –32.5%. What was the return on the investor’s portfolio? A) –33.33%. B) –16.45%. C) –7.00%.
Q8. Given the following annual returns, what are the geometric and arithmetic mean returns, respectively? 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 15% 2% 5% -7% 0% A) 2.75%; 3.00%. B) 2.75%; 5.80%. C) 1.45%; 3.00%.
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