The accompanying data represent the annual rates of return of two​ companies' stock for the past 12 years. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (k). Year Rate of Return of Company 1 Rate of Return of Company 2 1996 0.203 0.398 1997 0.310 0.510 1998 0.267 0.410 1999 0.195 0.436 2000 -0.101 -0.060 2001 -0.130 -0.151 2002 -0.234 -0.357 2003 0.264 0.328 2004 0.090 0.207 2005 0.030 -0.014 2006 0.128 0.093 2007 -0.035 0.027

5. How is the flow of investors' money into stock mutual funds related to the flow of money into bond mutual funds? Data are collected on the net new money flowing into stock and bond mutual funds in the years 1985 to 2000, in billions of dollars. "Net" means that funds flowing out are subtracted from those flowing in. If more money leaves than arrives, the net flow will be negative. To eliminate the effect of inflation, all dollar amounts are in "real dollars" with constant buying power equal to that of a dollar in the year 2000. Below is Minitab output for a regression line using the stock values as the explanatory variable. Regression Analysis: Bonds versus Stocks The regression equation is Bonds = 53.4 - 0.196 Stocks Predictor Coef SE Coef T P Constant 53.41 22.99 2.32 0.036 Stocks -0.1962 0.1550 -1.27 0.226 S= 59.8813 R-Sq = 10.3% R-Sq(adj) = 3.9% (a) What is the conclusion from a test of the slope of the regression line at the 0.05 significance level? Recall that the hypotheses…

James has an investment worth $175,609.50. The investment will make a special payment of X to James in 1 month from today and the investment also will make regular, fixed monthly payments of $1,440.00 to James forever. The expected return for the investment is 1.23 percent per month and the first regular, fixed monthly payment of $1,440.00 will be made to James in one month from today. What is X, the amount of the special payment that will be made to James in 1 month? An amount less than $58,600.00 or an anmount greater than $179,600.00 An amount equal to or greater than $58,600.00 but less than $88,950.00 An amount equal to or greater than $88,950.00 but less than $146,400.00 An amount equal to or greater than $146,400.00 but less than $176,000.00 O An amount equal to or greater than $176,000.00 but less than $179,600.00 Com SHEMA

Suppose that $25,000 from a retirement account is invested in a large cap stock fund. After 25 yr, the value is $177,774.94. Part: 0/2 Part 1 of 2 (a) Use the model A=Pe to determine the average rate of return under continuous compounding. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. Avoid rounding in intermediate steps. The average rate is approximately %. X