Comparing investments Should you put your money into a fund that buys stocks or a fund that invests in real estate? The boxplots compare the daily returns

(in percent) on a “total stock market” fund and a real estate fund over a one-year period.43

(a) Read the graph: about what were the highest and lowest daily returns on the stock fund?

(b) Read the graph: the median return was about the same on both investments. About what was the median return?

(c) What is the most important difference between the two distributions?

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4.0 B.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -2.0 -2.5 Daily percent return -3.0 -3.5 -4.0 Stocks Real estate Type of investment