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In the link below ( which you will click in order to download the Excel file ) you will see the following: There are closing

In the link below (which you will click in order to download the Excel file) you will see the following: There are closing prices for the SPY (S&P500) ETF from April 3,2023 until June 30,2023.
SPY ETF Closing Prices (click here).
The question you have to solve is as follows: Estimate the skewness (Skew.) and kurtosis (Kurt.), respectively, for the daily returns of the SPY ETF for the entire sample period (April 3,2023 until June 30,2023).
Hint: You need to calculate daily percent (%) returns using the formula we talked about: 100**(new-old)/old
A. Skew. =-0.1005 and Kurt. =0.2740
B. Skew. =0.3953 and Kurt. =-0.1367
C. Skew. =0.8511 and Kurt. =-1.5022
D. Skew. =-0.5821 and Kurt. =0.4456
E. Skew. =1.3041 and Kurt. =-0.4360
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