Annual and Average Returns for Stocks, Bonds, and T-Bills, 1950 to 2015         Stocks Long-Term Treasury Bonds T-bills 1950 to 2015   Average   12.6 %   6.6 %   4.40 % 1950 to 1959   Average   20.9     0.0     2.00   1960 to 1969   Average   8.7     1.6     4.00   1970 to 1979   Average   7.5     5.7     6.30   1980 to 1989   Average   18.2     13.5     8.90   1990 to 1999   Average   19.0     9.5     4.90   2000 to 2009   Average   0.9     8.0     2.70   2010   Annual Return   15.1     9.4     0.01   2011   Annual Return   2.1     29.9     0.02   2012   Annual Return   16.0     3.6     0.02   2013   Annual Return   32.4     −12.7     0.07   2014   Annual Return   13.7     25.1     0.05   2015   Annual Return   1.4     −1.2     0.21   2010 to 2015   Average   13.4     9.0     0.06       You have a portfolio with an asset allocation of 50 percent stocks, 40 percent long-term Treasury bonds, and 10 percent T-bills. Use these weights and the returns given in the above table to compute the return of the portfolio in the year 2010 and each year since. Then compute the average annual return and standard deviation of the portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Annual and Average Returns for Stocks, Bonds, and T-Bills, 1950 to 2015

 

      Stocks Long-Term Treasury Bonds T-bills
1950 to 2015   Average   12.6 %   6.6 %   4.40 %
1950 to 1959   Average   20.9     0.0     2.00  
1960 to 1969   Average   8.7     1.6     4.00  
1970 to 1979   Average   7.5     5.7     6.30  
1980 to 1989   Average   18.2     13.5     8.90  
1990 to 1999   Average   19.0     9.5     4.90  
2000 to 2009   Average   0.9     8.0     2.70  
2010   Annual Return   15.1     9.4     0.01  
2011   Annual Return   2.1     29.9     0.02  
2012   Annual Return   16.0     3.6     0.02  
2013   Annual Return   32.4     −12.7     0.07  
2014   Annual Return   13.7     25.1     0.05  
2015   Annual Return   1.4     −1.2     0.21  
2010 to 2015   Average   13.4     9.0     0.06  
 

 

You have a portfolio with an asset allocation of 50 percent stocks, 40 percent long-term Treasury bonds, and 10 percent T-bills. Use these weights and the returns given in the above table to compute the return of the portfolio in the year 2010 and each year since. Then compute the average annual return and standard deviation of the portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

 

 

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