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The accompanying table shows a portion of the annual returns (in %) for a technology mutual fund and an energy mutual fund from 1982 through

The accompanying table shows a portion of the annual returns (in %) for a technology mutual fund and an energy mutual fund from 1982 through 2018.

Year Technology Energy
1982 56.45 -11.75
1983 52.21 19.81
1984 -16.15 2.64
1985 8.24 17.57
1986 -8.04 6.19
1987 -11.61 -1.08
1988 -2.66 15.80
1989 17.25 42.61
1990 10.38 -4.54
1991 58.97 -0.47
1992 9.00 -1.85
1993 28.20 19.27
1994 11.75 0.56
1995 44.31 21.65
1996 16.07 32.02
1997 10.80 10.25
1998 74.67 -14.68
1999 132.41 34.20
2000 -32.40 32.48
2001 -31.46 -12.53
2002 -37.99 -10.93
2003 59.02 22.43
2004 1.09 31.38
2005 4.58 52.43
2006 6.95 14.24
2007 19.51 45.58
2008 -50.86 -53.26
2009 90.77 47.50
2010 26.53 19.34
2011 -8.93 -4.34
2012 17.34 4.07
2013 31.15 24.37
2014 11.10 -12.41
2015 7.30 -20.00
2016 11.88 33.94
2017 49.96 -3.03
2018 -9.39 -24.61

Which fund had the higher reward over this time period?

b. Which fund was riskier over this time period?

c-1. Given a risk-free rate of 2%, calculate the Sharpe ratio for each fund? What does this ratio imply. (Round intermediate calculations to at least 4 decimal places and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Sharpe ratio for Technology
Sharpe ratio for Energy

c-2. Over this time period, the Sharpe ratio implies that the:

multiple choice

  • Technology fund had a higher reward per unit of risk.

  • Energy fund had a higher reward per unit of risk.

  • Technology fund had the higher relative dispersion.

  • Energy fund had the lower relative dispersion.

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