The Following Gives Summary Measures for Google and Apple for 2005-2010

question 59

Essay

The following gives summary measures for Google and Apple for 2005-2010. a.Which fund had the higher arithmetic average return?
b.Which fund was riskier over this time period?
c.Given a risk-free rate of 1%,which fund has the higher Sharpe ratio?What does this imply?

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