Year Nvidia MSFT GOOG Apple Duke JNJ S&P $500$ T$-$Bill

$2023$ $ $61\mathrm{.}52$ $ $397\mathrm{.}58$ $ $141\mathrm{.}64$ $ $184\mathrm{.}16$ $ $93\mathrm{.}81$ $ $156\mathrm{.}444845\mathrm{.}655\mathrm{.}07\%$

$2022$ $ $19\mathrm{.}53$ $ $247\mathrm{.}81$ $ $99\mathrm{.}76$ $ $143\mathrm{.}31$ $ $96\mathrm{.}06$ $ $156\mathrm{.}154076\mathrm{.}602\mathrm{.}02\%$

$2021$ $ $24\mathrm{.}45$ $ $310\mathrm{.}98$ $ $135\mathrm{.}54$ $ $172\mathrm{.}59$ $ $94\mathrm{.}80$ $ $160\mathrm{.}414515\mathrm{.}550\mathrm{.}05\%$

$2020$ $ $12\mathrm{.}96$ $ $231\mathrm{.}96$ $ $91\mathrm{.}68$ $ $129\mathrm{.}50$ $ $81\mathrm{.}58$ $ $148\mathrm{.}153714\mathrm{.}240\mathrm{.}35\%$

$2019$ $ $5\mathrm{.}89$ $ $170\mathrm{.}23$ $ $71\mathrm{.}63$ $ $75\mathrm{.}29$ $ $81\mathrm{.}18$ $ $131\mathrm{.}623225\mathrm{.}522\mathrm{.}06\%$

$2018$ $ $3\mathrm{.}57$ $ $104\mathrm{.}43$ $ $55\mathrm{.}76$ $ $39\mathrm{.}89$ $ $69\mathrm{.}95$ $ $114\mathrm{.}432704\mathrm{.}101\mathrm{.}94\%$

$2017$ $ $6\mathrm{.}08$ $ $95\mathrm{.}01$ $ $58\mathrm{.}43$ $ $39\mathrm{.}53$ $ $59\mathrm{.}75$ $ $115\mathrm{.}692823\mathrm{.}810\mathrm{.}93\%$

$2016$ $ $2\mathrm{.}69$ $ $64\mathrm{.}65$ $ $39\mathrm{.}79$ $ $28\mathrm{.}20$ $ $57\mathrm{.}35$ $ $92\mathrm{.}412278\mathrm{.}870\mathrm{.}32\%$

$2015$ $ $0\mathrm{.}71$ $ $55\mathrm{.}09$ $ $37\mathrm{.}11$ $ $22\mathrm{.}13$ $ $52\mathrm{.}70$ $ $82\mathrm{.}881994\mathrm{.}990\mathrm{.}05\%$

$2014$ $ $0\mathrm{.}46$ $ $40\mathrm{.}40$ $ $26\mathrm{.}62$ $ $26\mathrm{.}19$ $ $58\mathrm{.}41$ $ $77\mathrm{.}181782\mathrm{.}590\mathrm{.}03\%$

$1.$Referring to the "Returns" file, what is the geometric return for Nvidia over the period in review?

Group of answer choices

$57\mathrm{.}84\%$

$72\mathrm{.}25\%$

None of the answers presented are correct

$63\mathrm{.}13\%$

$2.$ Referring to the "Returns" file, suppose you invested $$1,000$ equally among Nvidia, Microsoft, Duke, and JNJ$.$ What is your capital gain $($or loss$)$ if you were to sell you investment at the end of $2023?$

Group of answer choices

$$36,737\mathrm{.}96$

None of the answers presented are correct

$$35,829\mathrm{.}69$

$$35,737\mathrm{.}96$

$3.$ Referring to the "Returns" file, the compounded annual returns for Apple stock during the period under review is closest to:

Group of answer choices

$21\mathrm{.}5\%$

$24\mathrm{.}2\%$

None of the answers presented are correct

$28\mathrm{.}7\%$

$4.$ Referring to the "Returns" file, the geometric mean risk premium over the period in review is closest to$?$

Group of answer choices

$11\mathrm{.}75\%$

$10\mathrm{.}34\%$

$10\mathrm{.}91\%$

None of the answers presented are correct

$5.$ Referring to the "Returns" file, which of the stocks listed had the best risk return trade$-$off?

Group of answer choices

Google

JNJ

Nvidia

Duke

Microsoft

Apple

Cannot answer question with information provided

$6.$ Referring to the "Returns" file, which two stocks have betas almost exactly the same?

Group of answer choices

Duke and JNJ

Nvidia and Microsoft

Google and Apple

Microsoft and Google