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During the past five years, you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return:

$\backslash$table$[[$Year$,$Stock $T,$Stock B$],[1,0\mathrm{.}16,0\mathrm{.}05],[2,0\mathrm{.}07,0\mathrm{.}01],[3,-0\mathrm{.}14,-0\mathrm{.}08],[4,-0\mathrm{.}02,0\mathrm{.}04],[5,0\mathrm{.}13,0\mathrm{.}03]]$

a$.$ Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Round your answers to one decimal place.

Stock T: $\%$

Stock B: $\%$

Which stock is most desirable by this measure?

is more desirable because the arithmetic mean annual rate of return is decimal blaces. Answer with the population standard deviation.

Stock T: $\%$

Stock B: $\%$

By this measure, which is the preferable stock? is the preferable stock. population standard deviation in your computation.

Stock T:

Stock B:

By this relative measure of risk, which stock is preferable?

$-$Select $$ is the preferable stock.

d$.$ Compute the geometric mean rate of return for each stock. Round your answers to three decimal places.

Stock T: $\%$

Stock B: $\%$