Question 1C:

Year	S&P 500	Small Stocks	Corp Bonds	World Portfolio	Treasury Bills	CPI
1929	-0.08906	-0.43081	0.0432	-0.07692	0.04471	0.00585
1930	-0.25256	-0.44698	0.06343	-0.22574	0.02266	-0.06395
1931	-0.43861	-0.54676	-0.0238	-0.39305	0.01153	-0.09317
1932	-0.08854	-0.00471	0.12199	0.0303	0.00882	-0.10274
1933	0.5288	2.16138	0.05255	0.66449	0.00516	0.00763
1934	-0.02341	0.57195	0.09728	0.02552	0.00265	0.01515
1935	0.47221	0.69112	0.0686	0.22782	0.00171	0.02985
1936	0.32796	0.70023	0.06219	0.19283	0.00173	0.01449
1937	-0.35258	-0.56131	0.02546	-0.1695	0.00267	0.02857
1938	0.33204	0.08928	0.04357	0.05614	0.0006	-0.02778
1939	-0.00914	0.04327	0.04247	-0.01441	0.00042	0
1940	-0.10078	-0.28063	0.04512	0.03528	0.00037	0.00714

a. Compute the average return for each of the assets from 1929 to 1940 (the Great Depression).

The average return for the S&P 500 was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The average return for the Small Stocks was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The average return for the Corp Bonds was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The average return for the World Portfolio was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The average return for the Treasury Bills was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The average for the CPI was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

b. Compute the variance and standard deviation for each of the assets from 1929 to 1940.

The variance for the S&P 500 was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The variance for the Small Stocks was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The variance for the Corp Bonds was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The variance for the World Portfolio was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The variance for the Treasury Bills was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The variance for the CPI was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the S&P 500 was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the Small Stocks was? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the Corp Bonds was? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the World Portfolio was? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the Treasury Bills was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

The standard deviation for the CPI was ? (Round to five decimal places.)

c. Which asset was riskiest during the Great Depression? How does that fit with your intuition?

Which asset was riskiest during the Great Depression? How does that fit with your intuition? (Select the best choice below.)

A. The riskiest assets were the corporate bonds. Intuition tells us that company debt should be riskiest.

B. The riskiest assets were the stocks in the S&P 500. Intuition tells us that large companies should be the riskiest.

C. The riskiest assets were the Treasury Bills. Intuition tells us that government securities would be the riskiest.

D. The riskiest assets were the small stocks. Intuition tells us that smaller companies should be riskiest.