Apple, Inc., designs and markets innovative hardware, software, peripherals, and services, including the iPhone®, iPad®, Mac®, iPod®, Apple TV®, and Apple Watch®, The following information was reported in a recent annual report for available-for-sale securities:

Required:
1. Compute the economic return from investing ratio for the current year.
2. What do the results in requirement (1) suggest about Apple, Inc.?

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DOLLARS IN MILLIONS) Current Year Prior Year $81,570 AFS investment portfolio Investment income The increase in the portfolio was due to $1,031 fair value change and $38,650 in additional purchases of AFS securities acquired on the last day of the year. $121,251* 522 415