The following table shows the rates of total return in successive years from 2011 to 2015 for

Question:

The following table shows the rates of total return in successive years from 2011 to 2015 for the NEI Ethical Balanced Fund Series A and for the benchmark Toronto Stock Exchange S&T/TSX Composite Index. By how much did the mutual fund's overall percentage return exceed or fall short of the index's growth?

Rate of total return (%) Fund name 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NEI Ethical Balanced Fund Series A -4.7 -0.3 3.6 6.7 -0.8 S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index -8.71 7.19 12.99 10.55 -8.32