a)

TBILL

SP500

SMALLCAP

CORPBOND

USGOVT

Mean

0.0367 Mean

0.1188 Mean

0.1674 Mean

0.0623 Mean

0.0588

Standard Error

0.0034 Standard Error

0.0221 Standard Error

0.0354 Standard Error

0.0090 Standard Error

0.0103

Median

0.0314 Median

0.1431 Median

0.1839 Median

0.0473 Median

0.0370

Mode

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

#N/A

Standard Deviation

0.0309 Standard Deviation

Sample Variance

0.0010 Sample Variance

Kurtosis

1.0374 Kurtosis

-0.0366 Kurtosis

Skewness

0.9941 Skewness

-0.3828 Skewness

Range

0.1473 Range

Mode

-0.0002 Minimum

Maximum

0.1471 Maximum

Sum

3.1154 Sum

Mode

0.0831 Standard Deviation

0.0953

0.0416 Sample Variance

0.1065 Sample Variance

0.0069 Sample Variance

0.0091

1.9398 Kurtosis

3.9671 Kurtosis

1.8415

0.5747 Skewness

1.4180 Skewness

1.0450

2.0087 Range

0.5065 Range

0.5399 Maximum

TBILL

SP500

-0.0809 Minimum

-0.1490

1.4287 Maximum

0.4256 Maximum

0.4036

10.0983 Sum

14.2322 Sum

85.0000 Count

85.0000 Count

SMALLCAP

5.2941 Sum

4.9986

85.0000 Count

85.0000

CORPBOND

USGOVT

SP500

-0.014489062

SMALLCAP

-0.098278225 0.793426709

CORPBOND

0.185050249 0.172290192

0.073416303

USGOVT

0.216673148

1
1

0.02837864 -0.069182426 0.893340571

c)

Count of SP500 Yearly Returns

18

Frequency

(1926-2010)

16

16
13

14

14

13

13

12
10
8
5

6
4
2

0
-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0.1

Yearly Returns Bin

Range

0.5526

-0.5801 Minimum

b)

TBILL

#N/A

0.3263 Standard Deviation

-0.4334 Minimum

85.0000 Count

Mode

0.2039 Standard Deviation

0.9733 Range

Minimum

Count

Mode

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

d)

Average Yearly Returns vs. Risk

0.18000

SMALLCAP

0.16000
SP500

0.14000
0.12000
0.10000
0.08000

CORPBOND

0.06000
TBILL

USGOVT

0.04000
0.02000
0.00000
0.00000

0.02000

0.04000

0.06000

0.08000

0.10000

0.12000