TABLE 3-11

question 18

Short Answer

TABLE 3-11
Given below are the closing prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index over 10 weeks.

-Referring to Table 3-11, what is the sample covariance between the DJIA and the S&P 500 index?

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