How do I test the hypothesis that mean daily return on stocks exceeds the mean daily return on bonds? Please show the steps.

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From the data in the table it shows the 2019 daily return data for the S&P 500 Index (stocks) and the US 30 year Bond (bonds).

How do I test the hypothesis that mean daily return on stocks exceeds the mean daily return on bonds? Please show the steps.

S&P500 dailt returns data:

Date Price Daily Return
2019-12-31 3230.78 0.294602%
2019-12-30 3221.29 -0.578082%
2019-12-27 3240.02 0.003398%
2019-12-26 3239.91 0.512817%
2019-12-24 3223.38 -0.019545%
2019-12-23 3224.01 0.086614%
2019-12-20 3221.22 0.494478%
2019-12-19 3205.37 0.445929%
2019-12-18 3191.14 -0.043230%
2019-12-17 3192.52 0.033529%

US 30 Year Bond

Date Price Daily Return
31-Dec-19 2.389 2.32%
30-Dec-19 2.335 0.78%
29-Dec-19 2.317 -0.03%
27-Dec-19 2.318 -0.16%
26-Dec-19 2.321 -0.71%
25-Dec-19 2.338 0.15%
24-Dec-19 2.334 -0.83%
23-Dec-19 2.354 0.31%
22-Dec-19 2.346 0.12%
20-Dec-19 2.344 -0.43%

 

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