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A local security offers its employees the following investment products for their retirement plans: Total Bond Fund (T) Short-Term Bond Fund (ST) Magellan Fund (M)

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A local security offers its employees the following investment products for their retirement plans:
Total Bond Fund (T)
Short-Term Bond Fund (ST)
Magellan Fund (M)
International Small Cap Fund (I)
Freedom Income Fund (F)
After working at the security company for a year, Chuck Bartowski is now eligible to participate in the retirement plan. He has already decided to invest a portion of his retirement funds in the Magellan fund. He would like to choose one other fund that has the smallest correlation, preferably zero, with the Magellan fund. He collects 5 years of monthly return data for each mutual fund.
DateMagellanTotal BondShort-term BondInternational Small CapFreedom
1/3/20060.04770.00260.00130.09040.0107
2/1/2006-0.01490.00260.0027-0.01520.0000
3/1/20060.0267-0.00660.00130.05490.0032
4/3/20060.01920.00000.00270.06460.0032
5/1/2006-0.0488-0.00130.0013-0.0778-0.0063
6/1/2006-0.00730.00130.0027-0.03500.0000
7/3/2006-0.03130.01450.0066-0.01330.0053
8/1/20060.02400.01430.00920.01400.0116
9/1/20060.01120.00900.0052-0.02610.0094
10/2/20060.02920.00640.00390.02900.0124
11/1/20060.02600.01140.00650.02820.0122
12/1/2006-0.0054-0.00380.00130.03050.0000
1/3/20070.02880.00000.00260.01250.0071
2/1/2007-0.01660.01510.00510.01290.0040
3/1/20070.00820.00000.00380.03330.0050
4/2/20070.04820.00490.00380.04690.0139
5/1/20070.0407-0.0074-0.00130.03530.0068
6/1/2007-0.0042-0.00370.00000.0319-0.0039
7/2/2007-0.01830.00250.00130.0106-0.0049
8/1/20070.01150.0050-0.0088-0.07290.0020
9/4/20070.06210.00860.00890.06060.0157
10/1/20070.05330.0024-0.00380.07120.0087
11/1/2007-0.03790.01100.0025-0.0768-0.0086
12/3/20070.00350.00360.0025-0.02760.0019
1/2/2008-0.08960.01200.0063-0.0939-0.0058
2/1/2008-0.01600.00000.00000.0421-0.0039
3/3/2008-0.0219-0.0036-0.0163-0.0244-0.0078
4/1/20080.06510.0012-0.00510.03270.0147
5/1/20080.0306-0.00360.00380.04980.0039
6/2/2008-0.0837-0.00120.0013-0.0634-0.0154
7/1/2008-0.0394-0.00360.0013-0.0649-0.0068
8/1/2008-0.00080.00600.0013-0.05570.0029
9/2/2008-0.1796-0.0323-0.0064-0.1599-0.0353
10/1/2008-0.2161-0.0556-0.0115-0.2497-0.0650
11/3/2008-0.1133-0.0092-0.0181-0.0460-0.0261
12/1/20080.04890.03560.00400.07580.0190
1/2/2009-0.07540.01530.0039-0.0680-0.0142
2/2/2009-0.0758-0.0063-0.0026-0.0712-0.0255
3/2/20090.13890.01390.00390.03740.0251
4/1/20090.13690.02860.00780.12280.0356
5/1/20090.06220.03150.01170.17680.0290
6/1/2009-0.01370.01530.00640.02310.0083
7/1/20090.08760.03240.01020.07380.0321
8/3/20090.02160.01340.01010.04450.0170
9/1/20090.05310.01990.00870.05480.0217
10/1/2009-0.05430.01080.0074-0.0139-0.0019
11/2/20090.05450.01180.00740.02050.0193
12/1/20090.0436-0.0042-0.00370.00690.0057
1/4/2010-0.04380.01700.0086-0.0211-0.0019
2/1/20100.03010.00310.0036-0.00350.0085
3/1/20100.06620.00520.00000.06130.0159
4/1/20100.01510.07990.00360.01930.0101
5/3/2010-0.08110.00000.0012-0.1080-0.0192
6/1/2010-0.06470.01340.0060-0.0006-0.0047
7/1/20100.05060.01420.00480.07450.0206
8/2/2010-0.05920.01210.0048-0.0180-0.0055
9/1/20100.10830.00650.00360.13260.0249
10/1/20100.03610.00830.00350.04710.0144
11/1/20100.0136-0.0064-0.0024-0.0179-0.0044
12/1/20100.0586-0.0183-0.00350.04780.0036
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M&ST test-statistic = (5 points) p-value = Can we reject Ho? Why? M&I test-statistic = (5 points) p-value = Can we reject Ho? Why? M&F test-statistic = (5 points) p-value = Can we reject Ho? Why? Make an investment recommendation for Chuck. (5 points)The sample correlation coefficients of each fund with Magellan are: M & T M & ST M &I M & F (4 points) Coefficient: The highest sample correlation coefficient is with Magellan and: The lowest sample correlation coefficient is with Magellan and: (Click on the yellow cell to bring up the drop-down menu) (4 points) To test if each correlation coefficient is statistically significant, use the following hypotheses which will be the same for each test. Ho: Pxy = 0 HA: Pxy * 0 a = 0.05 Please round ALL numerical answers to 4 decimal places. M&T test-statistic = (5 points) p-value = Can we reject Ho? Why

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