What’s the mean annual return of the S&P 400 Midcap Index over the past 7 years?  What’s the standard deviation? What’s the mean annual return of the NASDAQ-100 Index over the past 7 years?  Calculate a coefficient of correlation of the two indexes’ returns.  Explain what may be causing the changes in the indexes’ returns over the past 7 years.

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What’s the mean annual return of the S&P 400 Midcap Index over the past 7 years?  What’s the standard deviation? What’s the mean annual return of the NASDAQ-100 Index over the past 7 years?  Calculate a coefficient of correlation of the two indexes’ returns.  Explain what may be causing the changes in the indexes’ returns over the past 7 years.  

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