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Maroon provided the following data from 2013 to 2018.
Year |
Nominal Returns(%) |
Inflation (%) |
2013 |
+8.90 |
+3.1 |
2014 |
+10.01 |
+2.9 |
2015 |
+8.60 |
+3.8 |
2016 |
+11.99 |
+4.7 |
2017 |
+8.10 |
+2.0 |
2018 |
+15.67 |
+2.6 |
(a) What was the standard deviation of the market returns?
(b) Calculate the average real returns.
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