Answered: On March 5, 2013, the Dow Jones…

On March 5, 2013, the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new high. The index closed at 14,253.77, which was up 125.95 that day. What was the return (in percent) of the stock market that day?

Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson

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Chapter7: Linear Regression

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Problem 7P: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Standard Poors 500 (SP 500) indexes are used as...

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