Consider the following table for the total annual returns for a given period of time. Series...

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Consider the following table for the total annual returns for a given period of time. Series Average return Standard Deviation Large-company stocks 12.3% 20.6% Small-company stocks 16.4 33.0 Long-term corporate bonds 6.2 8.4 Long-term government bonds 6.1 9.4 Intermediate-term government bonds 5.6 5.7 U.S. Treasury bills 3.8 3.1 Inflation 3.1 4.2 What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for large-company stocks? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected range of returns % to % What about 95 percent of the time? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected range of returns % to % Consider the following table for the total annual returns for a given period of time. Series Average return Standard Deviation Large-company stocks 12.3% 20.6% Small-company stocks 16.4 33.0 Long-term corporate bonds 6.2 8.4 Long-term government bonds 6.1 9.4 Intermediate-term government bonds 5.6 5.7 U.S. Treasury bills 3.8 3.1 Inflation 3.1 4.2 What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for large-company stocks? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected range of returns % to % What about 95 percent of the time? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Input your answers from lowest to highest to receive credit for your answers. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected range of returns % to %