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Case 2 Which index performed the best this year? Last year? In 2023 , DOW finished the year up 13.7%. IWS finished 2023 up 16.9%. Source : DOW: DOW 2023 Performance Source : Russell 2000: IWS 2023 Performance In 2022 , The Russell 2000 finished the year down 21.6% with a 484-point decline, not including dividends on its constituent stocks. The DOW, in 2022, experienced an 8.8% decline, faring well in comparison to its peers. Source : DOW vs IWS 2022 Which index would you feel most comfortable investing your money into? I think I would feel more confident investing in the DOW with the performance they had over 2022 and 2023. What kinds of companies are in the Russell 2000 index? Healthcare, Energy, Financial, Technology, Consumer Goods, Real Estate, Utilities Russell 2000 Index companies What would you expect in terms of capital gains from the two different indexes? They seem to have finished pretty closely to each other. I would expect DOW to do better as they really did well during 2022 which was a tough year of loss for all the indices. What index is riskier? I would expect that the Russell would be riskier because although their gains in 2023 were closely aligned Russell they had a significantly higher loss in 2022.
Case 2 Are arithmetic returns more important than geometric returns? It depends on what you want answered. If you wanted to know “What was your return in an avg. year over a particular?” arithmetic return would be more important. Or “What was your average compound return per year over a particular period?” would be suited more toward the geometric avg. return method. What kinds of goals are associated with investing in these indexes? The goal is to achieve capital gains for the investors and profit for the companies that are part of the index. Which index offers the best dividends? The DOW dividend in 2023 was at 0.70 every for all four quarters. While IWS dividend was at 0.59, 0.58, 0.39, and 0.49 for the four quarters respectively. The DOW offers the best dividends. Source Yahoo Finance What is significant about standard deviation? What does it mean to an investor? Standard deviation is a statistical measurement of how far a variable, such as an investment’s return, moves above or below its average (mean) return. An investment with high volatility is considered riskier than an investment with low volatility; the higher the standard deviation, the higher the risk. A traditional bell curve is a good way to visualize the concept of an investment’s returns over an extended period of time”. Source : Standard Deviation in Investing
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