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10. Compute average returns and standard deviations corresponding to country bond and stock data displayed below. Compare and discuss the difference between stocks and bonds

10. Compute average returns and standard deviations corresponding to country bond and stock data displayed below. Compare and discuss the difference between stocks and bonds for the country data.

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\begin{tabular}{|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|} \hline & & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{ UK } & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{ US } \\ \hline 63 & Date & Stock & MarketCapitaliza & BondReturn & StockReturn & MarketCapitalization & BondReturn \\ \hline 65 & 1981 & 12.83 & 184,752 & 2.08 & -3.61 & 893,430 & 1.90 \\ \hline 66 & 1982 & 28.52 & 191,266 & 51.53 & 22.44 & 1,049,433 & 39.16 \\ \hline 67 & 1983 & 25.97 & 210,607 & 20.31 & 22.55 & 1,222,131 & -0.58 \\ \hline 68 & 1984 & 30.18 & 211,340 & 9.96 & 6.24 & 1,228,621 & 14.22 \\ \hline 69 & 1985 & 22.84 & 302,349 & 11.14 & 32.23 & 1,554,711 & 29.74 \\ \hline 70 & 1986 & 26.29 & 403,071 & 9.16 & 17.68 & 1,743,364 & 25.21 \\ \hline 71 & 1987 & 7.90 & 562,787 & 21.88 & 4.74 & 1,800,268 & -3.45 \\ \hline 72 & 1988 & 10.08 & 567,570 & 9.54 & 17.84 & 1,956,196 & 9.94 \\ \hline 73 & 1989 & 37.39 & 665,860 & 5.96 & 32.40 & 2,355,377 & 17.98 \\ \hline 74 & 1990 & -8.26 & 705,011 & 8.07 & -3.49 & 2,186,563 & 6.85 \\ \hline 75 & 1991 & 20.87 & 800,896 & 18.82 & 29.16 & 2,900,656 & 18.17 \\ \hline 76 & 1992 & 19.55 & 757,364 & 14.30 & 5.90 & 3,074,287 & 8.07 \\ \hline 77 & 1993 & 24.59 & 917,948 & 40.52 & 10.29 & 3,332,434 & 16.94 \\ \hline 78 & 1994 & -6.95 & 903,719 & -9.98 & 1.56 & 3,296,047 & -6.19 \\ \hline 79 & 1995 & 26.36 & 1,097,924 & 18.07 & 36.99 & 4,935,800 & 31.54 \\ \hline 80 & 1996 & 15.79 & 1,392,185 & 9.42 & 21.29 & 5,926,178 & -1.44 \\ \hline 81 & 1997 & 24.75 & \#REF! & 22.98 & 34.418,003,025 & 14.51 \\ \hline \end{tabular}

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