Your Timing Was Good Last Year

question 29

Multiple Choice

Your timing was good last year. You invested more in your portfolio right before prices went up, and you sold right before prices went down. In calculating historical performance measures, which one of the following will be the largest?

• A) dollar-weighted return
• B) geometric average return
• C) arithmetic average return
• D) mean holding-period return

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