During the Last Sixty Years, the Broad Stock Market (Standard

question 201

Multiple Choice

During the last sixty years, the broad stock market (Standard and Poor's 500 Index) yielded an average annual nominal rate of return of approximately ____ and real rate of return of approximately ____.

• A) 5 percent; 2 percent
• B) 10 percent; 7 percent
• C) 17 percent; 9 percent
• D) 9 percent; 17 percent

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