Florida Company $($FC$)$ and Minnesota Company $($MC$)$ are both service companies. Their stock returns for the past three years were as follows: FC: $-16$ percent, $24$ percent, $22$ percent; MC: $19$ percent, $19$ percent, $31$ percent,

Calculate the correlation coefficient between the returns of $FC$ and $MC.$

Multiple Choice

$-0\mathrm{.}461$

$0\mathrm{.}469$

$0\mathrm{.}306$

$0\mathrm{.}000$