Refer back to Table 10.2 . What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for large-company stocks? What about 95 percent of the time?
Table 10.2

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AVERAGE RETURN STANDARD DEVIATION SERIES DISTRIBUTION Small-company stocks 16.6% 32.8% Large-company stocks 11.8 20.5 Long-term corporate bonds 6.2 8.3 Long-term government 5.8 9.6 bonds Intermediate-ternm 5.5 5.7 government bonds U.S. Treasury bills 3.7 3.1 Inflation 3.1