The China Fund is a mutual fund that can be purchased on the New York Stock Exchange. The rates of total return provided by the fund for each year 2004-2008 were 17%, -8.5%, 18.25%, -14.75% and 3.5%. If your investment is worth $2,508.52 at the end of 2008, what was your investment value at the beginning of 2004? For full marks your answer(s) should be rounded to the nearest cent Investment value at the beginning of 2004 = $ 0.00

A mutual fund had an NAV of $26.4000 a year ago. During the year the fund paid dividends of $1.4000 and had a capital gains distribution of $1.2000 per share. Find the HPR with the current NAV at $28.8400? O 14.5% 17.5% 19.1% O 23.6%

Assume that one year ago, you bought 240 shares of a mutual fund for $27 per share and that you received an income dividend of $0.34 cents per share and a capital gain distribution of $1.07 per share during the past 12 months. Also assume the market value of the fund is now $29.50 a share. Calculate the total return for this investment if you were to sell it now. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

During the past 10 years, the percent returns on two mutual funds (aggressive and passive) expressed in percentages were as follows: Year -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 Last Year Aggressive Fund 0% 6% 1% 2% 8% 1% 5% 1% 1% 5% Note that this is a sample of returns. a) Compute the expected return for the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Aggressive = Number Passive = Number b) Compute the variance and standard deviation of the returns of the two funds. Round your answers to two decimal places. Variance: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Standard Deviation: Aggressive = Number Passive = Number Passive Fund 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 2% 2% 3% 4% 2% % %