At the End of 2012, the Trans IMS Canadian Growth

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Essay

At the end of 2012, the Trans IMS Canadian Growth Fund had one of the worst 10-year compound annual returns of any Canadian diversified equity mutual fund. The fund's annual returns in successive years from 2000 to 2009 inclusive were -12.8%, -38.3%, -24.1%, 25.4%, 9.2%, 18.6%, 12.0%, -0.2%, -38.5%, and 15.6%, respectively. For 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods ended December 31, 2012, what was the fund's equivalent annually compounded return?

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